Kung walkedby the dynastic templeand into the cedar1 grove2,and then out by the lower river,And with him Khieu Tchiand Tian the low speakingAnd "we are unknown," said Kung,"You will take up charioteering?"Then you will become known,"Or perhaps I should take up charioterring, or archery?"Or the practice of public speaking?"And Tseu-lou said, "I would put the defences in order,"And Khieu said, "If I were lord of a province"I would put it in better order than this is."And Tchi said, "I would prefer a small mountain temple,"With order in the observances,with a suitable performance of the ritual,"And Tian said, with his hand on the strings3 of his luteThe low sounds continuingafter his hand left the strings,And the sound went up like smoke, under the leaves,And he looked after the sound:"The old swimming hole,"And the boys flopping4 off the planks,"Or sitting in the underbrush playing mandolins."And Kung smiled upon all of them equally.And Thseng-sie desired to know:"Which had answered correctly?"And Kung said, "They have all answered correctly,"That is to say, each in his nature."And Kung raised his cane5 against Yuan Jang,Yuan Jang being his elder,or Yuan Jang sat by the roadside pretending tobe receiving wisdom.And Kung said"You old fool, come out of it,"Get up and do something useful."And Kung said"Respect a child's faculties"From the moment it inhales6 the clear air,"But a man of fifty who knows nothingIs worthy7 of no respect."And "When the prince has gathered about him"All the savants and artists, his riches will be fully8 employed."And Kung said, and wrote on the bo leaves:If a man have not order within himHe can not spread order about him;And if a man have not order within himHis family will not act with due order;And if the prince have not order within himHe can not put order in his dominions9.And Kung gave the words "order"and "brotherly deference"And said nothing of the "life after death."And he said"Anyone can run to excesses,"It is easy to shoot past the mark,"It is hard to stand firm in the middle."And they said: If a man commit murderShould his father protect him, and hide him?And Kung said:He should hide him.And Kung gave his daughter to Kong-TchangAlthough Kong-Tchang was in prison.And he gave his niece to Nan-Youngalthough Nan-Young was out of office.And Kung said "Wan10 ruled with moderation,"In his day the State was well kept,"And even I can remember"A day when the historians left blanks in their writings,"I mean, for things they didn't know,"But that time seems to be passing.A day when the historians left blanks in their writings,But that time seems to be passing."And Kung said, "Without character you will"be unable to play on that instrument"Or to execute the music fit for the Odes."The blossoms of the apricot"blow from the east to the west,"And I have tried to keep them from falling."
1 cedar
n.雪松，香柏(木)
參考例句：
The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松約有五尺高,風姿優(yōu)美。 She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把長有灰色地衣的老雪松樹枝上的雪打了下來。
2 grove
n.林子，小樹林，園林
參考例句：
On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山頂上一片高大的樹林。 The scent of lemons filled the grove.檸檬香味充滿了小樹林。
3 strings
n.弦
參考例句：
He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，隨意地撥著吉他的弦。 She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指劃過豎琴的琴弦。
4 flopping
n.貶調(diào)v.（指書、戲劇等）徹底失敗( flop的現(xiàn)在分詞 )；（因疲憊而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移動或落下；砸鍋
參考例句：
The fish are still flopping about. 魚還在撲騰。 來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》 What do you mean by flopping yourself down and praying agin me?' 咚一聲跪下地來咒我，你這是什么意思” 來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
5 cane
n.手杖，細長的莖，藤條；v.以杖擊，以藤編制的
參考例句：
This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.這甘蔗既甜又多汁。 English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英國小學 老師過去常用教鞭打男學生作為懲罰。
6 inhales
v.吸入( inhale的第三人稱單數(shù) )
參考例句：
Long, slow, full breaths with exhales at least as long as the inhales. 深長、緩慢、充分的呼吸，呼氣至少要同吸氣一樣長。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng) An impressive pile forms. Heywood bends down and inhales deeply, smelling the aroma. Rapture. 一小排香煙。海沃德低下頭使勁地聞著香煙的氣味，高興不已。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
7 worthy
adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有價值的
參考例句：
I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我認為他不值得信賴。 There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.沒有值得一提的事發(fā)生。
8 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，徹底地；充分地
參考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.醫(yī)生讓我先吸氣，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他們很快就完全融入了當?shù)厝说娜ψ?。
9 dominions
統(tǒng)治權( dominion的名詞復數(shù) )； 領土； 疆土； 版圖
參考例句：
The King sent messengers to every town, village and hamlet in his dominions. 國王派使者到國內(nèi)每一個市鎮(zhèn)，村落和山莊。 European powers no longer rule over great overseas dominions. 歐洲列強不再統(tǒng)治大塊海外領土了。
10 wan
(wide area network)廣域網(wǎng)
參考例句：
The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的網(wǎng)絡連接可以是以太網(wǎng)、無線局域網(wǎng)或無線廣域網(wǎng)
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