菜根谭

序号	标题	中文	英文
201	201	【原文】俭，美德也，过则为悭吝，为鄙啬，反伤雅道；让，懿行也，过则为足恭，为曲谨，多出机心。【今译】节俭是一种美好的品德，如果过分节俭，就是不够大方，就是过分吝啬，反而是有害文雅的行为；谦让是一种有益的品行，如果过分谦让，就是低声下气，就是委曲小心，多半有机巧虚假的用心。	Thrift is a fine quality, but if it is taken to extremes it becomes niggardliness and results in a flaw in one's otherwise sterling conduct. Modesty too is a splendid trait, but if it is taken to extremes it becomes cringing subservience, and one ends up being suspected by others of having a treacherous mind.
202	202	【原文I 毋忧拂意，毋喜快心，毋恃久安，毋惮初难。【今译】不要为事不如意而忧愁，不要为顺利痛快而高兴，不要因长久安定而产生依赖，不要因开头困难而有所害怕。	Do not fret when things do not go as you wish them to; do not rejoice when all is smooth sailing; do not expect stable times to last long; and be not dismayed when difficulties crop up at the beginning of your ventures.
203	203	【原文】饮宴之乐多，不是个好人家；声华之习胜，不是个好士子；名位之念重，不是个好臣士。【今译】经常大吃大喝的，肯定不是好人家；热中名声光彩的，绝对不是好书生；一心追求官职地位的，一定不是好官吏。	A family given to excessive carousing and banqueting is not a good family. A scholar who is too attracted to fame and vanity is not a good scholar. An official who puts too much store by exalted rank is not a good official.
204	204	【原文】世人以心肯处为乐，却被乐心引在苦处；达士以心拂处为乐，终为苦心换得乐来。【今译】一般人把心里愿意的事情当作快乐，结果却顺着这一心愿走向痛苦；通达的学者将困难挫折当作快乐，最后却因为这一苦心获得快乐。	People generally regard the things that please them as pleasures. But a mind besotted with pleasure will in the end plunge into an abyss of misery. The enlightened man regards difficulties and setbacks as pleasures. Eventually bitterness changes into felicity.
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