孔子名言英汉对照

孔子与孟子并称“孔孟”,他们的思想并称为孔孟之道。孔子被尊为“至圣”“素王”,曾子则为宗圣。孔子名言无数,下面精选了孔子的名言,并提供英汉对照,供广大孔子爱好者欣赏。

孔子名言英汉对照

唯女子与小人,为难养也。近之则不孙,远之则怨。

Of all people, girls and servants are the most difficult to behave to. If you are familiar with them, they lose their humility. If you maintain a reserve towards them, they are discontented.

父母在,不远游,游必有方。

While his parents are alive, the son may not go abroad to a distance. If he does go abroad, he must have a fixed place to which he goes.

德不孤,必有邻。

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

吾十有五而志于学,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳顺,七十而从心所欲,不逾矩。

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 perplexities . At fifty, I knew what the biddings of Heaven were. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.