中国谚语Best-Loved_Chinese_Proverbs

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1、Best-LovedChineseProverbsSecondEditionqTHEODORALAUWITHKENNETHANDLAURALAUThisbookisdedicatedtoourfamily,whoseloveandsupportarebeyondcompare.ContentsIntroductionviiAWordaboutChineseCalligraphyixPronunciationKeyxiAbility1Adaptability4Admiration6Adversity8Anger10Beauty12Caution13Character15Compromi

2、se16Conflict17Cooperation18iiiContentsCourtesy21Crisis24Criticism25Deception27Defeat30Diligence32Discretion34Falsehood/Gossip36Family/Home39Fate41Fire43Foresight44Fortune47Frugality/Prosperity51Futility53Greed55Happiness58Harmony/Contentment60Heart62Honor66Horses69Humility71Indecision73ivConten

3、tsInspiration75Knowledge78Leadership82Livelihood85Longevity89Love92Misfortune96Moderation98Morality99Necessity102Neighbors103Nepotism104Obstinacy105Opportunity107Patience109Peace/GoodWishes112Perseverance114Poverty117Prejudice119Pride120Profit121Responsibility124Sincerity126vContentsStrategy128

4、Success136Superiority139Suspicion141Talent142Thought143Trust144Victory145Wealth147Wisdom150Worry154AbouttheAuthors155OtherBooksbyTheodoraLauCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherviIntroductionhefirsteditionofBest-LovedChineseProverbswasTpublishedin1995.Inoursecondedition,wehaveaddedsomenewinter

5、pretationsofChineseproverbs.Wehaveenjoyedhearingfromourreadershowtheseproverbshaveprovidedinspiration,comfort,andanewavenueofcommunicationinlife’strialsandblessings.TheappealofChineseproverbshasalwaysbeenpro-foundanduniversal.Thebeautyofthesestatementsisintheirbrevityandsimplicity.Theirmissiont

6、ogiveadirectmessagethatwillreachtheheartandmindofthereaderisoftenachievedwithaplombandfinesse.Thesedown-to-earthandsuccinctcompositionssummarizeandcrystallizethepenetratingwitandwisdomoftheHanpeopleforthebenefitofall.Likeintensebeamsoflight,theseproverbshighlighttruthsviiIntroductioninlifethata

7、reevidentbutoftenignoredorunreal-ized.TheChineseproverbsherewerederivedindirectlyfromoldChinesetexts.BeinginterpretedinEnglishnotonlybringsouttheirtimelessvaluebutgivesnewdimensionsinexpression.Thesewell-testedtruthsofcondensedkno