三字经英文版(参考)
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 toward! s 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 wh! ich 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,