孔子

原文

孔子是中国历史上影响最大、最受尊重的哲学家。从公元前100年到2o世纪早期，孔子的理念是唯一—种极大影响中国社会的思想。

孔子本人从未写下任何箴言。如果不是他的弟子不辞劳苦记下他的谈话和言论，今天孔子将是无名之辈。

孔子的言论在中国广为流传时，因其言论包含正确的哲理，人们接受了他的言论，历朝历代都将其确立为官方思想。儒家思想影响了中国的方方面面，包括教育、政府、公共和个人看法以及礼节。

 

参考翻译

Confucius is the most influential and respected philosopher in Chinese history. His philosophy/ideas have exerted great influence on Chinese society from around 100 B.C. to the early 20th century.

Confucius never wrote down any of his own teachings. But for his disciples who took the trouble to record his conversations and discourses, Confucius would have been a nobody today.

Being widespread across China, the teachings of Confucius were accepted by people for his sound principles, and all successive dynasties made them the official state ideology.Confucianism affected every aspects of Chinese society, including education, government, public and private attitudes,and etiquette.

 

孟子

原文

孟子是战国时期伟大的思想家、教育家。

孔子去世100年后，孟子传授并发展了孔子的学说，他的哲学思想与孔子是一脉相承的。

孟子认为人性本善，是社会的影响引发了道德的堕落，因此十分重视道德教育。

孟子的母亲在他的生命中扮演了重要的角色，她曾三度迁居,只为了帮助她的孩子找到一个合适的成长环境。

 

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Mencius is a great ideologist and educator in the Warring States Period.

A hundred years after Confucius died, Mencius taught and expanded Confucian doctrine. His philosophical thinking has its origin in Confucius' thoughts.

Mencius believes that human nature is essentially good, and it is society's influence that causes the degradation of morality. For that reason, he attaches great importance to moral education.

Mencius' mother plays an important role in his life. She moved home three times only to find an environment that she felt was suitable for the child's upbringing.

 

老子

原文

老子姓李名耳，是春秋时期伟大的哲学家、思想家，道家思想的创始人。

他撰写的经典著作《道德经》(Tao Te Ching)，虽然只有五干多个字，却包含着朴素的辩证思想。他的作品充满着智慧，对后人的思想产生了深远的影响。

儒家思想的代表人物孔子就曾拜访过老子，并把老子比作“龙”，认为老子的思想非常深奥。

老子反对物欲，重视精神生活，主张争取精神的自由和解放。在现代社会，他的哲学思想仍然具有重大的意义。

 

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Laozi, whose family name was Li and given name Er, was a great philosopher, thinker and founder of Taoism in the Spring and Autumn Period.

His classic Tao Te Ching has only about 5000 characters but contains plain dialectical thinking. His works are filled with wisdom, which have a far-reaching impact upon the worldview of later generations.

Confucius, the representative of Confucianism, once visited Laozi and compared him to a "dragon" because of his highly profound thought.

Attaching great importance to spiritual life, Laozi opposed material desires and advocated the spiritual freedom and liberation. His philosophy is still of great significance in modern society.