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A Letter From China
Chinese Corners
by
Mandarin House language schools in Beijing and Shanghai - Click for Website
Mandarin House are one of the foremost language schools in China with offices in Beijing and Shanghai. They have a dedicated Facebook blog supplementing their standard website, where they present Chinese Corners - featuring contributions from their students, patrons, friends and associates.

You may know Facebook is banned in China? (Twitter, Youtube also), so we will reproduce some of their contributions for those readers who do not have access. Originally Published:
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Confucius' Analects - 1d
Here is a well-known piece from Confucius' Analects.
 
子曰:“ 知之 者 不如 好之 者, 好之 者 不如 乐之 者。”
Zǐyuē:“Zhīzhī zhě bùrú hàozhī zhě ,hàozhī zhě bùrú lèzhī zhě.”
 
译文--- 孔子 说: “知道 它 的 人 不如 喜欢 它 的 人,
Yìwén—kǒngzǐ shuō:“zhīdào tā de rén bùrú xǐhuān tā de rén,
喜欢 它 的 人 不如以 它 为 快乐 的 人。”
Xǐhuān tā de rén bùrú yǐ tā wéi kuàilè de rén”

英文解释:
Confucius said:
One with understanding is not as good as one with interest,
which in turn is not as good as doing something one enjoys.



知之者不如好之者,
好之者不如乐之者。 
  生词 (Vocabulary):

知(道) to know (verb)
Zhī(dào )
者 people (pronoun)
Zhě
好 to like (verb)
Hào
之 of (particle)
Zhī
不如 to be not be as good as (verb)
Bùrú
(快)乐 happy (adjective)
(Kuài)lè


语法 (Grammar):

以…为… to take someone or something to be
yǐ…wéi…

例子 (Example):

他 以 爸爸 为 榜样
Tā yǐ Bàba wéi bǎngyàng
He sees his father as an example.
Image: Confucius
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Disclaimer:
Some artistic licence has been used arbitrarily in some of these Letters, and whilst most facts are in essence correct, some personal and literary interpretation may have been employed to greater or lesser degrees.
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