和读书有关的名句英译

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和读书有关的名句英译

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01

温故而知新，可以为师矣。

《论语·为政》

If one can attain new understanding by reviewing old knowledge, he can qualify as a teacher.

The Analects

温故：复习旧知识 to review old knowledge

知新：有心体会 to attain new understanding; to add new dimension to understanding

02

尽信《书》，则不如无《书》。

《孟子·尽心下》

If you trust Shangshu without reserve, you had better go without it.

Mencius, by Meng Ke (c. 372-289 BC), philosopher and Confucian scholar of the Warring States Period

《书》：《尚书》或《书经》 Shangshu; Collection of Ancient Texts

03

遗子黄金满籝，不如一经。

《汉书·韦贤传》

a. A To bequeath your children a basketful of gold is not as good as give them Confucian classics to study.

b. It's better to leave your children books to study than bequeath them a basketful of gold to live on.

History of Han, Chronicle of the Han Dynasty by Ban Gu

遗：留给 to bequeath

籝：筐之类的器具 basket

经：儒家经典，泛指书籍 Confucian classics; books

04

学而不已，阖棺乃止。

《韩诗外传》卷八

There is no end of learning until one is encased in coffin.

Collection of Comments on Ancient Affairs with Quotes from The Book of Songs by Han Ying of the Western Han Dynasty

阖：盖上 to encase (a coffin)

05

好读书，不求甚解。

晋·陶渊明《五柳先生传》

He takes delight in reading, but he does not bother about minor details.

Tao Yuanming (365-427), poet of the Jin Dynasty

好：喜欢 to like

06

读书破万卷，下笔如有神。

唐·杜甫《奉赠韦左承丈二十二韵》

When you have read over ten thousand books, you can write like divine-inspired/magic.

Du Fu (712-770), poet of the Tang Dynasty

07

万卷藏书宜子弟，十年种木长风烟。

宋·黄庭坚《郭明甫作西斋于颖尾请予赋诗》二首其一

The collection of ten thousand books facilitates reading by the young children; the trees planted during the past ten years enhance landscape.

Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), poet of the Northern Song Dynasty

宜：便于 to facilitate

风烟：风景；景致 landscape

08

读书虽可喜，何如恭践履。

清·刘岩《杂诗》

Reading is a delightful thing, but it is incomparable with personal practice.

Liu Yan (1656-1716) of the Qing Dynasty

09

有书堆数仞，不如读盈寸。

清·刘岩《读诗》

To possess a collection of books piled dozens of feet high is not as meaningful as read one inch of them.

Liu Yan of the Qing Dynasty

10

万卷山积，一篇吟成。

清·袁牧《续诗品·博习》

a. It is only after I have read ten thousand books piled up like a mountain that I have been able to come up with one poem.

b. It is only after I have I read heaps of books that I have been able to write one poem.

Yuan Mei (1716-1798), poet of the Qing Dynasty

以上内容摘自《中国古代经典名句英译》，由刘士聪、谷启楠编译。

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