#陋、#德｜#sHABBY, #vIRTUE

靈魂沒有軀殼與思想之分，最重要是靈魂本身如何。
sOUL does not make distinction between the bODY and the mIND, the most important thing is just how the sOUL is.

劉禹錫（七七二年至八四二年，詩人，哲學家，作家，唐代文學的代表人物之一）－《陋室銘》：
Yang Xiong (772-842, poet, philosopher, author and one of the representative person of Tang literature) – Epigraph for “A Shabby House” (original written in Classical Chinese):

山不在高，有仙則名。
水不在深，有龍則靈。
斯是陋室，惟吾德馨。
苔痕上階綠，草色入廉青。
談笑有鴻儒，往來無白丁。
可以調素琴，閱金經。
無絲竹之亂耳，無案牘之勞形。
南陽諸葛廬，西蜀子雲亭。
孔子云：「何陋之有？」
mOUNTAIN, no matter how hIGH, will be well kNOWN if sAGE dWELLS there.
lAKE, no matter how dEEP, will have aURA if aquatic dRAGON lIVES there.
This is a sHABBY house, I only wish that I have great vIRTUE.
The mOSS cOVERED the steps and turned them into gREEN, the colour of gRASS that sHINES through the curtain is green.
Here, the people who talk and laugh are eRUDITE and the people who hang out together are not vULGAR.
Here one can play the uNADORNED zither and read the bUDDHIST texts.
Here there is neither aNNOYING instrumental playing nor eXHAUSTING official work.
Here is like the Zhuge’s*₁ cottage in Nanyang or the Yangxiong’s*₂ pavilion in Western Shu.
Confucius*₃ said, “Is it tHAT sHABBY?”*₄

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樹、人｜nURTURE, tALENTS

育英才，乃生之業，且為之難也。
It’s a lIFELONG and dIFFICULT task to nURTURE tALENTS.

《管子》的第三書《權修》——第十一章：
“Guanzi”*₁, Book 3 – Chapter 11 (original written in Classical Chinese):

一年之計，莫如樹穀；十年之計，莫如樹木；終身之計，莫如樹人。
一樹一穫者，穀也；一樹十穫者，木也；一樹百穫者，人也。
我苟種之，如神用之，舉事如神，唯王之門。

If planning for a yEAR, it’s better to cULTIVATE gRAINS;
If planning for tEN years, it’s better to pLANT tREES;
If planning for a lIFETIME, it’s better to nURTURE pEOPLE.

The hARVEST after a year of cultivation are cROPS;
The harvest after ten-years of planting are trees;
The harvest after hUNDRED-yEARS of nurturing are tALENTS.

If we can nurture the talents, they can hANDLE things wISELY with their iNGENUITY, that is the only wAY for them to bECOME the people in pOWER.

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道、謀｜pRINCIPLES, wORK

最誠實的尊重，就是儘管共存，也可原則不同，亦不強求改變，真誠表達自己，然後各走各路。
The most honest rESPECT is that even if people cOEXIST, they can have their own dIFFERENT principles and not force others to cHANGE, just express themselves tRULY, then go their oWN way.

《論語》的第十五書《衛靈公》——第四十章：
“The Analects”*₁, Book 15 – Chapter 40 (original written in Classical Chinese):

子曰：「道不同，不相為謀。」
Confucius*₂ said, “When the pRINCIPLES are dIFFERENT, people cANNOT wORK together.”

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