陈持平教授：佳作欣赏

陈持平教授：佳作欣赏

曾经沧海难为水，

除却巫山不是云。

取次花丛懒回顾，

半缘修道半缘君。

(唐．元稹）

I have already seen the vast sea，therefore the view of this water is hard to impress me.Except those over the Wu Mountain,no other clouds can convince me as real clouds.I

hurriedly pass by the garden but have no interest to glance at the flowers.This is half because of the practice of Daoism and half because of you.(Yuan Zheng of Tang Dynasty)

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谁言寸草心，报得三春晖？（唐．孟郊）

Who says that a grass can repay the grace from the sun?

(Meng Jiao of Tang Dynasty)

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衣上征麈杂酒痕，远游无处不消魂。

此身合是诗人未？细雨骑驴入剑门。（宋．陆游）

The travel dusts on my clothes are mixed with the stains of wine.I have traveled to no far away places without exotic stories.Should I be qualified to be a poet? I ride a donkey and enter the Sword Pass in the fine rain .

(Lu You of Song Dynasty)

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昔者庄周梦为胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也，自喻适志与，不知周也。

俄然觉，则蘧蘧然周也。不知周之梦为胡蝶与，胡蝶之梦为周与？

周与胡蝶则必有分矣，此之为物化。（庄子．齐物论）

At night,Juang Jou made a dream of becoming a butterfly ,a lightly flying one that was happy and comfortable ,and forgot himself was Jou.Soon afterward ,he waked up and surprisingly found himself to be a real Jou .We don't know whether it is a Jou's dream of being a butterfly or a butterfly's dream of being Jou,Jou and the butterfly must have differences and this is the transformation of things .(JuangXi ．Essay on Uniformity of Things)

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地势坤，君子以厚德载物。（易经．坤卦）；古今完人。书法舞。

As the Earth being receptive and supportive, the gentleman broadens his characters and bears all things.(Yi Jing,Hexagram Kun ) ; The perfect man of the ages .Calligraphy Dancing

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天行健,君子以自强不息。（易经．干卦);天地正气 。书法舞。

As the Heaven being in ceaseless motion ,the gentleman exerts himself constantly without stop.

(Yi Jing,Hexagram Qian );The spirit of universal truth .Calligraphy Dancing

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顺风顺水，心想事成。

All the best.

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念高危，则思谦冲而自牧；惧满溢，则思江海下百川(唐．魏征）

While you are worried about the danger in high position,please think modesty to cultivate yourself.

While you are afraid of the conceit in excessive pride,please think that the sea and great rivers are below many rivers

(Wei Zheng of Tang Dynasty)

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人生如梦，一尊还酹江月。（宋．苏轼）

The life of mortals is a dream .Please take a cup and pour the wine to the moon on the river to make a libation.(Su Shi of Song Dynasty)

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大江东去，浪涛尽，千古风流人物。（宋．苏轼）

The great river runs eastward and has washed away the outstanding people of the past thousands of generations.(Su Shi of Song Dynasty)

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