Ancient poetry is the quintessence of China and contains rich philosophy of life. The following is a collection of ancient poems and famous sayings with translations that I have compiled for you. You are welcome to read them.

A complete collection of ancient poems and famous sayings with translations of classics

1. As the sky moves vigorously, a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. ——"Book of Changes"

Translation: As a gentleman, you should have a strong will, an endless spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation, complete and develop your own studies or career, and this is reflected in your ability to do so. The will of Heaven will live up to the responsibilities and talents given to a gentleman by the universe.

2. Don’t do evil because it’s small, and don’t do good because it’s small. ——"Three Kingdoms" Liu Bei's words

Translation: Don't do anything just because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, do something small. Don't do something good that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much.

3. Seeing good is like falling short, seeing bad is like exploring the soup. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When I see a good person, I am afraid that it will be too late to learn from him; when I see a good thing, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it if it is too late. When you see evil people or bad things, it is like coming into contact with hot water. You should leave immediately and stay away.

4. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: To work hard and take the main responsibility when making mistakes is to "be generous to oneself", to be more understanding and tolerant to others is to "take less responsibility from others", in this way , there will be no resentment towards each other.

5. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man. The villain is on the contrary. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman always starts from the desire to be kind or beneficial to others, wholeheartedly promotes others to realize their good intentions and legitimate requirements, and does not look at the world with cold eyes. Or they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they will not add fuel to the fire when others have failures, mistakes, or pain. Villains, on the contrary, are always "evil as adults but not beautiful as adults".

6. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When you see someone who has strengths and advantages that exceed your own in a certain aspect, humbly ask for advice, study hard, and find ways to catch up with him and reach the same level as him; when you see someone If you have some shortcomings or shortcomings, you should calmly reflect and see if you have the same shortcomings or shortcomings as others.

7. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you don't want it (pain, disaster, misfortune...), don't impose it on others.

8. Do your duty and do not give in to the teacher. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When you encounter a good thing that you should do, you should not hesitate. Even if the teacher is nearby, you should rush to do it. Later it developed into the idiom "do your duty without giving in".

9. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman doesn't talk too much, but he does things quickly and dexterously.

10. When two people are of the same mind, their sharpness is as sharp as gold; when two people are of the same mind, their stench is as bad as orchid. ——"The Book of Changes"

Translation: People who work together are strong enough to break hard metal; people who work together express unanimous opinions and are persuasive, and people feel like they smell the fragrance. The orchid fragrance is easy to accept.

A complete collection of ancient poems and famous sayings with selected translations

1. Stones from other mountains can attack jade. Attack: pondering.

Translation: Stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade. The original metaphor is that talents from other countries can serve their own country. Finally, it is a metaphor for people or opinions that can help you correct your shortcomings.

2. Nothing has a beginning, nothing has an end.

Translation things all have a beginning, but rarely an end. It is often used to warn people to start and end well when doing things. (The Book of Songs·Daya·Dang)

3. Misfortune lies where blessings depend, and blessing lies where misfortune lies.

Translation Disasters and blessings are interdependent and can transform each other. It is a metaphor that bad things can lead to good results, and good things can also lead to bad results. (Laozi)

4. The tree that embraces each other is born from the smallest grain; the nine-story platform starts from tired soil; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Translation: The big tree that hugs each other grows from tiny sprouts; the nine-story high platform is built from every pile of soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. (Lao Tzu

) 5. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions.

Translation: You must keep your word when you say it, and you must do what you do without procrastination. (5 to 16 are selected from the Analects)

6. If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.

Translation Hear the word in the morning and die in the evening. Describes the urgent pursuit of truth or a certain belief.

7. If you are not angry, you will not be enlightened, and if you are not angry, you will not be angry.

Translation: Don’t enlighten him until he tries hard to understand it but still can’t figure it out; don’t enlighten him until he understands it in his heart but can’t express it perfectly.

8. People who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries.

Translation If people do not have long-term plans, they will have upcoming troubles.

9. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

If a translation craftsman wants to do his job well, he must first make his tools sharp. It means that to do something well, preparation is very important.

10. You cannot admonish those who have gone by, but you can still chase after those who have come.

Translation: The past cannot be undone, but the future can still come in time.

11. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.

Translation: A gentleman has a calm and broad mind, while a villain is often cramped and worried.

12. The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.

Translation: The position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is not up to me, but my personal ambitions are up to me and cannot be changed. (You can remove me from the post of commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but you can't change my ambition. My ambition will never go forward)

13. If his body is upright, he will not do what he is told; if his body is not upright, he will not do what he is told. from.

Translation: When managers behave themselves and set an example, they do not need to give orders, and the people being managed will follow suit; on the contrary, if managers themselves are not morally correct and ask the people being managed to behave themselves, then it will not be possible. , even if you give repeated orders, the managers will not obey.

14. Everything will be successful if it is planned in advance, otherwise it will be ruined.

Translation No matter what you do, if you prepare in advance, you will succeed, otherwise you will fail. (Book of Rites· Doctrine of the Mean)

15. Learn and then realize your shortcomings; teach and then realize your difficulties.

Only after learning to translate can one realize one’s shortcomings; only after teaching does one realize one’s lack of knowledge. (Book of Rites·Xueji)

A complete collection of ancient poems and famous quotes with popular translations

1. A gentleman keeps his weapons in his body, waiting for the time to move. ——"Book of Changes"

Translation: Even if a gentleman has outstanding talents and extraordinary skills, he will not show off or show off everywhere. Rather, it is about putting talents or skills to use when necessary.

2. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. ——"Shang Shu"

Translation: Being complacent with your achievements will lead to losses and disasters; being humble and always aware of your own shortcomings will benefit from it.

3. Isn’t it a gentleman who does not know but is not stunned? - "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If I have achieved something, others may not understand it, but I will definitely You won't feel angry or aggrieved. Isn’t this also a sign of gentlemanly demeanor?

4. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you say something, you must keep your word; if you decide what you want to do, you must do it resolutely and courageously.

5. No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no self. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Speak the facts, don't make assumptions out of thin air; don't be arbitrary or willful when things happen; do whatever is feasible; be flexible in doing things, not rigid; don't take "I" as the center in everything, don't Self-righteous, work together with the people around you to complete the task together.

6. If you are a three-person person, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When three people are together, there must be someone among them who is worthy of my learning in some way, then he can be my teacher. I choose his strengths to learn from, and I will learn from his shortcomings and shortcomings and correct them.

7. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman always blames himself, looking for shortcomings and problems within himself. Villains often look at others and look for their shortcomings and shortcomings.

8. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman is open-minded, frank and clean in his thoughts, and his appearance and movements appear to be very comfortable and stable. The villain has too many desires in his heart and a heavy psychological burden. He is often worried and worried. His appearance and movements also appear uneasy, and he often seems to be unable to sit or stand firmly.

9. Don’t blame God or blame others. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When encountering setbacks and failures, never make excuses from an objective perspective, and never push the responsibility to others. Later it developed into the idiom "blame everything but others".

10. Don’t express your anger and never make mistakes. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you make a mistake, don't take it out on others, and don't make it a second time. )

11. A little impatience will mess up a big plan. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Even if you really want to do something you shouldn't do, but insist on not doing it, it is called "forbearance". Being intolerant of small things will affect the overall situation and ruin big things.

12. Even the villain’s faults will be punished. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A villain must cover up his faults.

13. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is a real mistake.

14. A gentleman adheres to his roots, and the Tao is born from his roots. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman devotes himself to the fundamentals and establishes the fundamentals, and the "Tao" will naturally arise.

15. A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman thinks that it is shameful to talk too much and do too little.

16. Think before you act. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Everything you do must be done after repeated consideration.

17. Those who do many injustices will surely die. ——"Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: If you do too many bad things, you will eventually destroy yourself.

18. No one has any faults, and there is no greater good than being able to correct them. ——"Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: Everyone may make mistakes, and if they make mistakes, they will still be the best people as long as they correct themselves.

20. Don’t hide your great virtue with a veil. ——"Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: When evaluating a person, one cannot erase his merit just because of a slight mistake.

21. If a person can do something with one thing, he can do it with a hundred things; if a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things. ——"The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: If people learn it once, I can definitely learn it if I spend hundreds of times. If others can master it ten times, if I learn it a thousand times, I will definitely master it.

22. Knowing shame is close to courage. ——"The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: Knowing what is a shameful behavior is a good sign of bravery.

23. Take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps.

——"Mencius"

Translation: Be complacent in thinking that one's own mistakes are smaller than others' and that one's shortcomings are fewer than others'.

24. A gentleman is always kind to others. ——"Mencius"

Translation: The greatest advantage of a gentleman is to treat others with a noble and benevolent heart.

25. Everyone can be like Yao and Shun. ——"Mencius"

Translation: As long as they work hard, everyone can become a great sage like Yao and Shun.

26. A thousand-foot embankment will collapse with ant nests; a hundred-foot room will be burned with smoke from the gaps. ——"Han Feizi"

Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse and burst because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may be burned down because of fire caused by sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney.

27. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are enough to be warned. ——"Preface to Poems"

Translation: Those who make criticisms are not guilty. When you hear other people's criticisms, you should carefully reflect on yourself. If you make mistakes, correct them. If they are not wrong, take them as advice given to you by others.

28. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for deeds. ——"Confucius' Family Sayings"

Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may sound unpleasant but are good for people's behavior.

29. A kind word warms you for three winters, but a bad word hurts you for six months. ——Proverb of the Ming Dynasty

Translation: A kind and helpful word can make the listener feel warm even in the severe cold of winter; on the contrary, acrimonious and vicious words can hurt other people's feelings and self-esteem, even if In the hot summer of June, people will also feel cold.

30. According to thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: According to thousands of classic principles, filial piety to parents and friendship to brothers are the first things that should be done.