英文詩歌大全：論語（節選）
The 1)Analects
The Master said, to learn and at due times to repeat what one has learned, is that not after all a pleasure? That friends should come to one from afar, is this not after all delightful? To remain unsoured even though one’s merits are unrecognized by others, is that not after all what is expected of a gentleman?
The Master said, “At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from 2)perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the 3)biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with 4)docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the 5)dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.”
The Master said, 6)incomparable indeed was Hui! A handful of rice to eat, a 7)gourdful of water to drink, living in a mean street. Others would have found it 8)unendurably depressing, but to Hui’s cheerfulness it made no difference at all. Incomparable indeed was Hui!
論 語
（一） 子曰：“學而時習之，不亦悅乎？有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？”
（二） 子曰：“吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不逾矩。”
（三） 子曰：“賢哉回也！一簞食，一瓢飲，在陋巷，人不堪其憂，回也不改其樂。賢哉回也！”
1、 analects [5An[lekts] n. 論集，文選
2、 perplexity [p[5pleksiti] n. 困惑；窘困
3、 bidding [5bidiN] n. 命令，吩咐
4、 docile [5dEusail] a. 馴順的，馴良的
5、 dictate [5dikteit] n. [常用復]命令，支配
6、 incomparable [in5kCmpErEbl] a. 無比的，無雙的
7、 gourdful [5guEdful] n. 一葫蘆的量
8、 unendurably [5Qnin5djuErEbli] ad. 難忍受地，不可容
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