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    第十一冊 課文英譯

                                                                  can cut down our costs and make more profit.” Lee                    manage our facial expression when we are with our   was still young, his mother took care of the family
                Lesson 1 : Make a Wish                            thought about it and agreed to the logic; therefore, he              parents. Taking on the burden when there is a work   and was also responsible for Mencius’ education.
                                                                  started making buns with pork belly and shrinking                    to do, let the elders enjoy the food and wine first, all   At first, Mencius lived close to the graveyard
                    Today is my birthday; mom and I hosted a birth-  the size of the bun.                                              these can be considered filial?”                  where “ku-fen(mourning and weeping over the
                day party. I invited three classmates of mine over to   During the first few weeks, the profit did in-                     After turning it into Vernacular Chinese, the   dead)” was usually practiced. When he saw it, he
                my house. They brought me birthday presents and   crease quite a scale, but not long after, the business               teacher asked “Isn’t it sensible?” We agreed. We treat   played “ku-fen game” with other kids. Mencius’
                wished me a happy birthday.                       started to decline. A lot of buns were left unsold. Two              parents with good food everyday, however, if we are   mother thought it as bad environment and decided to
                    After dinner, my mother served a large and    months later, the store was forced out of business.                  in bad attitude, they would not likely to be pleased   move.
                round cake with 12 candles lit. Everyone sang the   Wang on the other end of the street understands that               anyway.                                                When they moved to a neighborhood beside
                birthday song and told me to make wishes before I   trust and integrity is the key to a successful business,               Teacher continued asking if any students have   the market, Mencius gave up “ku-fen game” as ex-
                blew off the candle.                              so he did not alter the ingredients and decreasing the               filial piety.  I don’t want to raise my hand because I   pected. However, a butcher in the market killed a pig
                    I thought about my wish for a while, but could   quality. As expected, his business maintained and                 felt I have bad temper and usually being cold to my   everyday, so when Mencius saw it, he began to play
                not come up with one in my mind. My mother told   grew rapidly within twenty years. Until today, Wang’                 parents. I must have let them down and I feel sorry   “killing-pig game”. Mencius’ mother could not but
                me to wish everyone healthy forever. My father told   s store is still very busy.                                      now.                                              consider the second move.
                me I should wish myself a glorious future. My class-                                                                       When I returned home, I wrote down this piece      They moved to live nearby a school this time.
                mates and I also exchanged a lot of ideas verbally. I   Lesson 3 : Cherishing the Happiness                            and posted it onto the wall as a reminder. The Clas-  Mencius started studying when he saw other kids
                was overwhelmed with ideas and as a result, I was                                                                      sical Chinese is brief and clear, and I would like to   went to school everyday, so Mencius’ mother was
                not able to come up with one. I became nervous as      My younger brother did not like the dinner he                   learn it.                                         happy and said, “Finally, it is the right place.”
                the candles were burning out. I came up with one   had yesterday, so he ate little and dumped the rest.                                                                       And so, with good exemplars, Mencius grew to
                at last, wishing that my family and friends can stay   When grandpa saw it, he was very angry and blamed               Lesson 5 : Confucius                              love studying and became another great thinker fol-
                healthy and their everyday life is smooth.        him for “not knowing to cherish the happiness.”                                                                        lowing Confucius. Mencius’ mother was also highly
                    Everyone heard it and thankfully gave me a         Both my brother and I do not know what it                           Confucius is the most famous thinker in the   honored by the world.
                round of applause. When we were eating the cake,   means by “cherish the happiness.” As a result, grand-               ancient China. His thoughts, known as Confucian-
                dad asked me why I made that wish. I replied that al-  pa opened the newspaper and pointed at a picture that           ism, have influenced Chinese people for thousands of   Lesson 7 :  The Story of Ma-Zu (The Sea
                though I have a lot of other dreams, I cannot grow up   shows two skinny Africans begging for food with                years.                                                        Goddess)
                and live happily without daddy and mommy raising   empty bowls.                                                            Confucius was a great teacher, too. He taught
                me, teacher teaching me, and classmate accompany-      Grandpa said, “We have many people in the                       students in accordance with their aptitude without     Ma-Zu, (Lin Mo-Niang) a fisherman’s daugh-
                ing me. That is why when I celebrate my birthday, I   world, but not everyone can have a share of food.                discriminations. He has had more than 3000 dis-   ter, had filial piety and benevolence.  Her father and
                am thankful. When mom heard this, she gladly said,   Because of wars or the long-term drought, some                    ciples. To date, he is still seen by Chinese people as   older brother went fishing on the sea everyday.
                “You’ve really grown up.”                         people live under standard. Children will be so lucky                The Most Sage Venerated Late Teacher.                  One day, after Ma-Zu sent her father and older
                                                                  if they can have just a little to eat. It is impossible                  People kept records of the discussions between   brother out for fishing, she usually walked around

                Lesson 2 : Two Chinese Bun Stores                 that they waste any food. So, you are very lucky, you                Confucius and his disciples and compiled them into   and observed weather condition of the sea; if weather
                                                                                                                                                                                         was good, she then went home and repaired fishnet
                                                                  must ‘cherish the happiness.’ Don’t waste anything.”
                                                                                                                                       a book called the Analects of Confucius. The later
                    Wang opened a store on East Street, selling meat   We both feel embarrassed. Since a lot of people                 generations took his ideas as the philosophies to deal   at ease.  However, this afternoon, the sky got darker
                buns. Because he uses the best meat and generously   don’t have anything to eat, compared with them, we                with human interrelationship.                     and darker, and the sound of thunder started to come
                makes the buns relatively bigger without charging   really should cherish food, not even wasting a grain                   The core ideas of the Analects of Confucius   from the distant sky.  Soon, the wind started to blow,
                more, his store is very popular. Nearby tourists and   of rice. We are supposed to donate excess, conserved            will be “Zhong(loyalty)” and “Shu(reciprocity)”.   and the rain started to drop heavily.
                customers faraway visit his store regularly for buns.   food to those in need.                                         “Zhong(loyalty)” means to do your best in a job.       Geez, what happened to those fishing boats out
                    Lee saw the success of Wang and admired him;                                                                       “Shu(reciprocity)” means being forgiving and gener-  there on the seas?  All the women and kids anxiously
                as a result, he opened up a similar store on West   Lesson 4 : Discussions on Filial Piety                             ous. Every time you will think of others when you   ran to the shore and looked for their families, but,
                Street, using best meat as ingredients and making his                                                                  put yourself in their shoes, so you would do only   in front their eyes, they saw thunderstorm and mon-
                buns the size of Wang’s buns and charging similar      Teacher wrote down a piece of Classical Chi-                    what you’d like to be treated.                    strous waves. No fishing boats.
                prices. The business was good as expected. Not long   nese on the blackboard today and asked us to turn it                 Do you think Confucius’ words make sense? Do       Watching the sky getting darker and darker, Ma-
                after, the two stores on the street became the most   into Vernacular Chinese. Here is what teacher wrote:             you “Do your best” and “Be in others’ shoes?”     Zu thought: “All the fishing boats on the sea lose the
                popular food stands in the area.                       “ 子 夏 問 孝 ， 子 曰 ： 「 色                                                                                             direction, so how can they come back,” Therefore,
                    One day, while clearing the cash, Lee’s wife told   難。有事弟子服其勞，有酒食先                                                                                                   she ran home and took out a wind-proof lamp.  She
                Lee, “Our business is good, but our profit isn’t high   生饌，曾是以為孝乎？」＂                                                   Lesson 6 :  The Three Moves of Mencius’           then stood on a rock and lifted up the lamp.  After a
                                                                                                                                                   Mother
                enough. This is too tiring.” She continued saying,     The explanation is that, “Zi-Xia asked about                                                                      while, some of the fishing boats followed the direc-
                “Let’s use pork belly and make the bun smaller so we   filial piety. Confucius replied, ‘What is difficult is to           Because Mencius’ father passed away when he   tion of the lamp, one by one, sailed back to the shore.

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