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原文
自天子以至于庶人,壹是皆以修身为本。其本乱而末治者 否矣。其所厚者薄,而其所薄者厚,未之有也!
英文
From the Son of Heaven(emperor)down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person as the root of everything besides.It cannot be, when the root is neglected, that what should spring from it will be well ordered. It never has been the case that what was of great importance has been slightly cared for, and, at the same time,that what was of slight importance has been greatly cared for.
译文
上自国家元首,下至平民百姓,人人都要以修养品性为根本。若这个根本被扰乱了,家庭、家族、国家、天下要治理好是不可能的。不分轻重缓急,本末倒置却想做好事情,这也同样是不可能的!
单词
1. heaven 天
the temple of heaven 天坛
2. mass 大量
the masses 人民群众
3. cultivation 教养
4. root 根源、原因
5. neglect 疏忽、遗漏
6. slight 轻视、轻蔑