"Three Character Classic" English-Chinese Comparison

The Three-Character Classic (English-Chinese) In the beginning, human nature is inherently good.

Similar in nature, but far apart in habits.

Man on earth,Good at birth. The same nature,Varies at nurture.

They were kind, but later on they had different environments and different educations, so they had different habits.

If you don't teach, your nature will change.

The most important thing in teaching is specialization.

With no education,There'd be aberration. To teach well,You deeply dwell.

will go bad.

So you must concentrate on educating your children.

Xi Meng's mother chose a neighbor's place.

If you don't learn, you will lose your chance.

Then Mencius's mother,Chose her neighbor. At Mencius sloth,She cut the cloth.

learning environment.

Once Mencius skipped school, Meng's mother broke the loom of the loom to educate Mencius.

The child does not teach, the father too.

If the teaching is not strict, the teacher will be lazy.

What’s a father?A good teacher. What’s a teacher,A strict preacher. (preacher ['pri?t?] preacher) Definition: It is the parents’ fault to merely provide food and clothing for their children without educating them properly.

It's just education, but if you don't have strict requirements, it's the teacher's laziness.

Jade is not cut, not a device.

If a person does not learn, he does not know righteousness.

No jade crude,Shows craft good. Unless you learn,Brute you’ll turn. (jade [d?e?d] jade, jasper, jade) crude [kru?d] rough.

craft [krɑ?ft] craft, craft.

brute [bru?t] Cruel, irrational) Definition: If jade is not polished and carved, it will not become a beautiful utensil; if a person does not learn, he will not understand etiquette and will not become a talent.

As a son of man, Fang Shaoshi.

Close friends and teachers, learn etiquette.

Son of man,Mature you can. Teacher or peer,hold them dear. (mature [m?'t] grow up, mature. peer [p?] peers, people with the same status) Definition: children, since childhood

Be close to teachers and friends so that you can learn a lot of etiquette and knowledge about how to deal with others from them.