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《弟子规》英语版
DiZiGui
StandardsforBeingaGoodStudentandChild
CONTENTS
Introduction
Outline
Chapter1:
AtHome,BeDutifultoYourParents
Chapter2:
StandardsforaYoungerBrotherWhenAwayfromHome
Chapter3:
BeCautiousinYourDailyLife
Chapter4:
BeTrustworthy
Chapter5:
LoveAllEqually
Chapter6:
BeClosetoandLearnfromPeopleofVirtueandCompassion
Chapter7:
AfterAlltheAboveAreAomplished,StudyFurtherandLearn
LiteratureandArttoImproveYourCulturalandSpiritualLife?
INTRODUCTION
Manyofyouwillprobablywonderwhatthisbookisallabout.WhatisinthisbookthatmadeitsoimportantinancientChina?
Canitstillberelevanttoday?
Ifweteachthisbooktoday,whatcanitdoforusandwhatkindofinfluencewillithaveonourpresentsociety?
?
DiZiGui,inEnglish,meansstandardsforbeingagoodstudentandchild.ItisanancientChinesebookhandeddowntousfromancientChineseSaintsandsages.ThesourcefortheoutlineofthisbookwasselectedfromAnalectsofConfucius,Book1,Chapter6,whereConfuciussaid:
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Agoodstudentandchildmustfirstlearntobedutifultohisparents,andberespectfulandlovingtohissiblings.Nexthemustbecautiouswithallpeople,mattersandthingsinhisdailylife,andbeatrustworthyperson.Hemustbelieveintheteachingsoftheancientsaintsandsagesandputtheirteachingsintopractice.Thenhemustlearntoloveallequallyandbeclosetoandlearnfrompeopleofvirtueandpassion.Onlyafteralltheabovedutieshavebeenaomplished,ifhehasthetimeandenergy,heshouldthenfurtherstudyandlearnliteratureandarttoimprovethequalityofhisculturalandspirituallife.〃
SincethemainoutlineofthisbookisbasedontheteachingsofConfucius,letusfindoutwhoheis.ConfuciuswasagreatChinesescholar,teacherandeducator.HewasborninChinaabouttwenty-fivehundredyearsago,aboutthesametimethatShakyamuniBuddhawasborninIndia.ConfuciusdeeplyinfluencedChineseculture,andthisinfluenceextendsthroughouttheworldeventoday.Hebelievedthatmoralprinciples,virtues,anddisciplineshouldbetheveryfirstlessonstobetaughttoachild,andthatachildneedstopracticethemdaily.Unlikemoderndayparentswhodisapproveofphysicalpunishment,ancientChineseparentsactuallyencouragedandthankedtheteacherwhentheirchildrenwerepunishedformisbehaving.ItwasmostimportanttoancientChineseparentsthattheirchildrenlearnedthemoralprinciplesandvirtuesfirst,beforeanyothersubject,becausewithoutmoralprinciplesandvirtuesasafoundation,thelearningofallothersubjectswouldbefutile.
ThesequenceofancientChineseeducationalsystembasedontheConfucianteachingsisasfollows:
FirstachildlearnsthesubjectonVirtues,afterwhichhestudiesLanguage,thenMethodsinDealingwithPeople,MattersandThings,andlastlyLiteratureandArt.WeneedtounderstandthatConfuciusandShakyamuniBuddhasharedalmostthesameprinciplesandteachingmethods.Theybothtaughtusthatbeingdutifultooneˇsparentsandbeingrespectfultooneˇsteachersarethebasisofapersonˇsgoodvirtues.IfwecanappreciatethefactthatthestudyofVirtueswasachildˇsfirstsubjectinschool,thenwewillrealizehowimportantitwasforachildtobedutifultohisorherparentsathome.
IfyouaskastudentwhofollowsConfucianteachingswhetherheorshecanexplaininashortsentencewhatConfucianteachingsareallabout,thestudentwilltellyouthis:
TheprinciplesofConfucianteachingsmakeitapersonˇsdutytostrivetobefullyenlightened,topracticeuniversalloveandtobeaperfectlygoodperson.ThisisthesummationofConfucianbeliefs.Forapersontopracticeuniversallove,heorshemustbeginathome,andlearntobeadutifulchildandalovingsibling.IfyouaskafollowerofShakyamuniBuddhawhetherheorshecanexplainBuddhaˇsteachingsinonesentence,youwillgetthefollowingreply:
ShakyamuniBuddhaˇsforty-nineyearsofteachingneverdeviatedfromtheprinciplethatapersonhastobedutifultohisorherparents,andberespectfulandbeofservicetohisorherteachers.Thispersonmustbealllovingandmustnotkillanylivingbeings.Heorshemustbeaferventpractitionerofthetengoodconducts.Therefore,bothConfuciusandShakyamuniBuddhasharedthesamebeliefsandfeltthatfollowingtheseprinciplesareouronlydutieshereonearth.
TheimportantdutiesstatedinAnalectsofConfuciuswereusedaschaptersinthisbook.Altogethertherearesevenchapters,witheachchapterlistingoneduty.TheyarepresentedinsequenceaordingtotheancientChineseeducationalsystem.TheoriginaltextwritteninclassicalChineseisintheformofversesthatcanbeeasilyrecitedandmemorizedbyyoungChinesestudents.
Thecontentsofthisbookwereactuallypiledandeditedoveraperiodstretchingthousandofyears;
itcontainstheremendedstandardsofbeingagoodstudentandchild.TheoutlinestartsoutbytellingusthatthosestandardsweretaughtbyConfucius,MenciusandallthepastChinesesaintsandsages.Theyallagreedthatthosedutiesaretheverybasicdisciplinesachildshouldlearnandpracticeeverydaywhilestillyoung.Eventhoughtheyseemstringentbytodayˇsstandards,itisapparentthatthepeopleofthattimefeltitwasimportantthatthechildshouldbewelldisciplinedandtaughtmoralprinciplesandvirtuesatanearlyage.Theyfeltthatwithoutstrictdisciplineandmoralstandards,achildwouldamounttonothing.Withoutknowingwhatitmeanttobedutifultooneˇsteachers,achildwouldgrowupnotlisteningtoorrespectinganyone.Suchachildwouldbeeapersonwithoutvirtues.Atthattime,¨
apersonwithoutvirtue〃wasnotqualifiedtoserveintheimperialcourt,therebydeprivingthatpersontheopportunitytoservehiscountryandhispeople.
Ironicallytoday,theeducationalsystemisjusttheopposite.Manyparentslistentothechildinsteadoftheotherwayaround.Additionally,teachersareafraidtoteachanddisciplinechildrenbecausetheyarefearfulofviolatingthechildrenˇslegalrights,orevenbeingsuedbytheparents.Currently,weliveinaworldwheretherelationshipsbetweenpeople,betweenpeopleandtheirenvironment,betweenparentsandchildren,betweenhusbandsandwives,andbetweenemployersandemployeesaredisintegrating.Parentsnolongeractlikeparents.Childrendonotactlikechildren.Withoutpropereducationourmindsbeepollutedandourfamilysystemdisintegrates,asevidencedbyanever-increasingdivorcerate.SoonplaEarthwillnolongerbefitforustoliveon.Manyofusarefearfulforourfuturesandthefuturesofourchildren.Wehopethatbyreintroducingthisbook,itwillprovideguidanceforparentsandchildren.Inthisway,futuregenerationswillbenefitfromitandourworldandsocietyatlargewillbemoreatpeace,andwewillallhaveabetterplacetolive.
Asmentionedbefore,Confuciussaid:
Agoodstudentandchildmustfirstlearntobedutifultohisparents,andalsoberespectfulandlovingtohissiblings.〃InaordwiththeancientChineseeducationalsystem,thisbookstartsbyteachingushowtobeagooddutifulchildwhenweareathome,andhowtobearespectfulandlovingsiblingwhenweareawayfromhome,includinghowtoberespectfultoourelders.Therefore,thesetwodutiesaretheheadingsforthefirsttwochapters.Thefirstchapterison¨
Xiao,〃whichisaChinesewordthatmeansbeingdutifultooneˇsparents.Alltheancientsaintsandsagesthought¨
Xiao〃wasthemostimportantdutyinapersonˇslife.Thischapterteacheschildrentheproperconductonhowtotalktoandbehaveinfrontofparents,andwhattheircorrectattitudesandmannersshouldbe.
Thesecondchapterstatestheprincipleandstandardofconductfortheyoungersiblingtowardstheoldersiblingwhentheyoungersiblingsareawayfromhome.InChinese,theword¨
Ti,〃whichmeanssincerefraternallove,describesthelovebetweensiblings.InBuddhism,itsmeaningextendsfurthertoincludeconducttowardsallpersonswhoareolderandasthesamegenerationasourselves.Thischapterthenfurtherexpandsthisconcepttowardsourelders.Itteachesushowtoshowrespecttotheeldersandwhatourcorrectattitudesandmannersshouldbe.
Eventhoughinthisbookthereisnoseparatechapteronthestandardofconducttowardsourteachers,itisunderstoodthatalltheprinciplesandstandardstaughtinthisbookshouldalsobeappliedtoourteachers.
Thethirdchapterteachesushowweshouldbecautiousinwhateverwedodaily,whetherweareinteractingwithpeople,mattersorthings.Thefourthchapterteachesushowtobeatrustworthyperson.Itteachesusthatweneedtobecautiousinthelanguageweuse,inourbehavior,andinourthoughts.Wemustalsobelieveintheteachingsofthesaintsandsages.Asaintisapersonwhotrulyandthoroughlyunderstandsthefactsaboutlife,andaboutthisuniverse.InChinawecallthemsaints.InIndia,peoplecallthemBuddhas.InwesternculturepeoplecallhimGod.Actuallywearealltalkingaboutthesamething.Alltheirteachingsefromheartsthatweretrueandpure.Theyhaveallseenthetruthandthistruthwillneverchangewithtime.Therefore,nomatterwhotheyareaslongastheyaresaints,BuddhasorGod,theyspeakthesametruthandifitisthetruth,thentheirmessagesarethesame.
Thefifthchaptertellsusthatapersonmustloveallequally.Theloveittalksaboutisuniversallove,notworldlylove.Itteachesusthatashumanbeingsweshouldhavep