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| Spending thousands in gold to befriend scholars and heroes\\ | Spending thousands in gold to befriend scholars and heroes\\ | ||
| cannot compare to sparing half a bowl of grain\\ | cannot compare to sparing half a bowl of grain\\ | ||
| - | to the succor of the starving. | + | to the succor of the starving.\\ |
| Raising a thousand pillars to entertain a legion of guests\\ | Raising a thousand pillars to entertain a legion of guests\\ | ||
| cannot compare to thatching a few humble roofs\\ | cannot compare to thatching a few humble roofs\\ | ||
| to shelter those impoverished in their virtue. | to shelter those impoverished in their virtue. | ||
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| + | ### 31. Better the generosity... | ||
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| + | 市恩 不如報德之爲厚， 雪忿 不如忍恥之爲高，\\ | ||
| + | 要譽 不如逃名之爲適， 矯情 不如直節之爲真。\\ | ||
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| + | Better the generosity to repay a good turn \\ | ||
| + | than make a sale of favors\\ | ||
| + | Better the nobility to bear shame\\ | ||
| + | than vindicate resentment\\ | ||
| + | Better the contentment to avoid fame\\ | ||
| + | than to seek renown\\ | ||
| + | Better the honesty of a true heart\\ | ||
| + | than to rectify sentiment. | ||
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| + | ### 32. If you would save a work... | ||
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| + | 救既敗之事者 如御臨崖之馬 休輕策一鞭，\\ | ||
| + | 圖垂成之功者 如挽上灘之舟 莫少停一掉。 | ||
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| + | If you would save a work that is lost\\ | ||
| + | act like one driving horses at a cliff' | ||
| + | and go light on the hand that holds the crop.\\ | ||
| + | When you are on the brink of success\\ | ||
| + | act like one tugging a ship against the flow, | ||
| + | and do not falter or flag for an instant. | ||
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| + | ### 33. A young person... | ||
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| + | 小年的人 不患其不奮迅 常患以奮迅而成鹵莽 故當抑其躁心，\\ | ||
| + | 老成的人 不患其不持重 常患以持重而成退縮 故當振其惰氣。 | ||
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| + | A young person, rather than fear a lack of energy, | ||
| + | should fear carelessness from an excess of energy\\ | ||
| + | and repress their impatience.\\ | ||
| + | An older person, rather than fear a lack of caution, | ||
| + | should fear shrinking back from an excess of caution\\ | ||
| + | and shake off their inaction. | ||
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| + | ## Part 3: Deliberations (三。評議篇） | ||
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| + | ### 1. What among beings... | ||
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| + | 物莫大於天地日月 而子美云 日月籠中鳥 乾坤水上萍，\\ | ||
| + | 事莫大於揖遜征誅 而康節云 唐虞揖遜三杯酒 湯武征誅一局棋，\\ | ||
| + | 人能以此胸襟眼界 吞吐六合 上下千古，\\ | ||
| + | 事來如漚生大海 事去如影滅長空 自經綸萬變 而不動一塵矣。 | ||
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| + | What among beings is greater than Heaven and Earth, Sun and Moon? | ||
| + | Yet the saintly poet Du Fu spake: | ||
| + | The Sun and Moon are but birds in a cage, | ||
| + | while sky and ground are duckweed on water.\\ | ||
| + | What among deeds is greater than diplomacy and conquest? | ||
| + | Yet the scholar poet Kangjie spake: \\ | ||
| + | The sage kings Yao and Shun exchanged kingdoms like drinking cups, | ||
| + | while the kings of Shang and Zhou conquered like a game of Go.\\ | ||
| + | With such thoughts and perspectives\\ | ||
| + | whole dimensions come and go in a breath\\ | ||
| + | and one climbs the ages in their highs and lows; | ||
| + | Events but roll in like foam on ocean vast\\ | ||
| + | and fade out like shades in far-off skies, | ||
| + | eternal change in all things are ably governed\\ | ||
| + | without a single mote of dust shifting out of place. | ||
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