E06 贤贤易色| 娶妻当娶贤

E06 贤贤易色

导读

常言道，实践是检验真理的唯一标准。这种思想不仅存在于西方的实证主义之中，其实在中国古代，儒家哲学早就提出并且将其注入了中国文化之血脉。

金句

"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfectpractice makes perfect."

—Vince Lombardi

英文原文

子夏〔1〕曰：“贤贤易色〔2〕；事父母，能竭其力；事君，能致其身〔3〕；与朋友交，言而有信：虽曰未学，吾必谓之学矣。”〔4〕

▍注释

〔1〕子夏，孔子弟子，姓卜，名商。

〔2〕贤人之贤，而易其好色之心，好善有诚也。

〔3〕致，犹委也。委致其身，谓不有其身也。

〔4〕四者皆人伦之大者，而行之必尽其诚，学求如是而已。

故子夏言有能如是之人，苟非生质之美，必其务学之至。虽或以为未尝为学，我必谓之已学也。

游氏曰：“三代之学，皆所以明人伦也。能是四者，则于人伦厚矣。学之为道，何以加此？子夏以文学名，而其言如此，则古人之所谓学者可知矣。故《学而》一篇，大抵皆在于务本。”

Tsze-hsia said, "If a man withdraws his mindfrom the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of thevirtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, inserving his prince, he can devote his life; if, in his intercourse with hisfriends, his words are sincere: — although men say that he has not learned, Iwill certainly say that he has."

▍生词好句

withdraw one's mind from something: 将心思从某事上撤出来

serve: vt. 服务

exert one's utmost strength: 用尽全力

prince: n. 封建领主；君王