《三字经》英译

《三字经》英译

《三字经》英译

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性本善。

性相近，

习相远。

Man the breed,

Of good seed.

The same nature,

But varied nurture.

苟不教，

性乃迁。

教之道，

贵以专。

With no education,

There'd be aberration.

To teach well,

You deeply dwell.

昔孟母，

择邻处，

子不学，

断机杼。

Then Mencius' mother

Chose her neighbor.

Mencius carelessly learned;

Shuttles she overturned.

窦燕山，

有义方，

教五子，

名俱扬。

Dough, as hight,

Managed so right.

His five sons,

Became famous ones.

《三字经》英译

养不教，

父之过。

教不严，

师之惰。 What's a father?

A good teacher. What's a teacher?

A strict preacher.

子不学，

非所宜。

幼不学，

老何为？

An unschooled child Will grow wild.

A poor-learning youth, Will turn uncouth.

玉不琢，

不成器。

人不学，

不知义。

A crude jade Isn't finely made; Not learning right, One'll virtues slight.

为人子，

方少时，

亲师友，

习礼仪。 Son of man, Mature you can, None you slight, Learn the rite.

香九龄，

能温席。

孝于亲，

所当执。 Xiang, at nine,

Warmed bedding fine.

A filial son,

《三字经》英译

Good to everyone.

融四岁，

能让梨。

弟于长，

宜先知。 Rong, at four, Gave pears galore. Bear in mind: Always be kind.

首孝悌，

次见闻，

知某数，

识某文。 Stress piety more Than your lore.

Learn some numeracy, Know some literacy.

一而十，

十而百，

百而千，

千而万。 One to ten,

A hundred then, One thousand more, Ten thousand afore.

三才者，

天地人。

三光者，

日月星。 Three vitals, worth: Man, heaven, earth; Three lights, boon: Sun, stars, moon.

三纲者，

君臣义，

父子亲，

夫妇顺。

Three tenets always: Subject Lord obeys.

《三字经》英译

Son Father reveres; Man Wife endears.

曰春夏， 曰秋冬， 此四时，

运不穷。 Spring and summer, Autumn and winter. These four seasons Turn with reasons.

曰南北， 曰西东， 此四方，

应乎中。 South, north say, West, east, hey. These four ways Upon center gaze.

曰水火， 木金土， 此五行，

本乎数。 Water, fire, behold, Earth, wood, gold. These five materials Accord to numerals.

十干者， 甲至癸。 十二支，

子至亥 。 The ten trunks Are great chunks. The twelve wings Are good things.

曰黄道， 日所躔。 曰赤道，

当中权。 The Ecliptic line,

《三字经》英译

The Zodiac sign, And the Equator Circling the center.

赤道下， 温暖极。 我中华， 在东北。

Nowhere is hotter Than the equator. China, the greatest Lies in Northeast.

寒燠均， 霜露改。 右高原，

左大海。

Its temperature's due, With frost 'nd dew . Right, High Lea; Left, Great Sea.

曰江河， 曰淮济。 此四渎，

水之纪 。 Yangtze, Ho say, Huai and Ji, hey. The rivers four All along outpour.

曰岱华， 蒿恒衡。 此五岳，

山之名。 Huah 'n Deigh say Other three, hey! The five mountains Are high bastions.

曰士农， 曰工商。 此四民，

国之良 。