三字经（英文版）
长幼序 友与朋 君则敬 臣则忠
procedence(??) between elders and youngers, (probably : precedence )
as between friend and friend.
Respect on the part of the sovereign,
loyalty on the part of the subject.
此十义 人所同
These ten obligations,
are common to all men.
凡训蒙 须讲究 详训诂 名句读
In the education of the young,
there should be explanation and eluciation,
careful teaching of the interpretations of commentators,
and due attention to paragraphs and sentences.
为学者 必有初 小学终 至四书
Those who are learners,
must have a beginning.
The 'little learning' finished,
& nbsp; they proceed to the four books.
论语者 二十篇 群弟子 记善言
There is the Lun Yu (discourse or Analects),
in twenty sections.
In this, the various disciples,
have recorded the wise sayings of Confucious.
孟子者 七篇止 讲道德 说仁义
The works of Mencius,
have comprised in seven section.
These explain the way and exemplifications thereof,
and expound clarity and duty towards one's neighbour.
作中庸 子思笔 中不偏 庸不易
The Chung Yung (the doctrine of the mean),
by the pen of Tzu-su;
Chung (the middle) being that which odes not lean towards any side,
Yung( the course) being that which cannot be changed.
作大学 乃曾子 自修齐 至平治
He who wrote the 'Great Learning'
was the philosopher Tseng.
Beginning with cultivation of the individual and ordering of the family,
It goes on to government of one's own State and ordering of the family.
孝经通 四书熟 如六经 始可读
When the 'Classic of Filial Piety' is mastered,
and the 'Four books' are known by heart.
The next step is to the 'Six classics',
which may now be studied.
诗书易 礼春秋 号六经 当讲求
The Books of Poetry, of History and of Changes.
The 'Rites of Chou Dynasty, the book of Tites, and the 'Spring and Autum
Annals'
are the six classics
which should be carefully explained and analysed.
有连山 有归藏 有周易 三易详
There is the Lien Shan System,
there is the Kuei Tsang
And there is the system of Changes of the Chou Dynasty,
such are the 3 systems which elucidate the changes.
有典谟 有训诰 有誓命 书之奥
There are the Regulations and the Counsels,
The Instruction, The Annoucements,
The Oaths, The Charges,
These are the profundities of the Book of History.
我周公 作周礼 着六官 存治体
Our Duke of Chou,
drew up the Ritual of the Chou Dynasty,
in which he set forth the duties of the six classes of officials;
and thus gave a settled form to the government.
大小戴 注礼记 述圣言 礼乐备
The Elder and the Younger Tai,
wrote commentaries on the Book of Rites.
They publish the holy words,
and Ceremonies and Music were set in order.
曰国风 曰雅颂 号四诗 当讽咏
We speak of the Kuo Feng,
we speak of the Ya and the Sung.
These are the four sections of the Book of poetry,
which should be hummed over and over.
诗既亡 春秋作 寓褒贬 别善恶
When odes ceased to be made,
the Spring and Autumn Annals were produced.
These Annals contain praise and blame,
and distinguish the good from the bad.
三传者 有公羊 有左氏 有彀梁
The three commentaries upon the above,
include that of Kung-Yang,
th at of Tso
and that of Ku-Liang.
经既明 方读子 撮其要 记其事
When the classics were understood,
then the writings of the various philosophers should be read.
Pick out the important points in each,
and take a note of the facts.
五子者 有荀杨 文中子 及老庄
The five chielf phlosophers,
are Haun, Yang,
Wen Chung Tzu
Lao Tzu and Chung Tzu.
经子通 读诸史 考世系 知终始
When the classics and the philosophers are mastered,
the various histories should then be read,
and the genealogical connections should be examined,
so that the end of one dynasty and the beginning of the next be known.
自羲农 至黄帝 号三皇 居上世
From Fu Hsi and Shen Nung.
(??on ?? probably to or onto ) the Yellow Emperor,
these are called the three rulers.
who lived in the early ages.
唐有虞 号二帝 相揖逊 称盛世
Tang and Yu-Yu
are called the two emperors.
They adbicated, one after the other,
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