Saturday, 5 May 2012


子曰:“学而不思则亡。思而不学则始。  (孔子,《论语. 为政第二,15》)

Confucius said: “If you study but do not think, then you are already perished and dead. If you think but do not study, you are beginning to wither away and perish.” (“Analects”, Chapter 2, #15)

这里孔子强调的是人思维权力的不可或缺的必要性而学习和研究的重要与关键的作用。缺乏思维和智能的思考,人类的存在就缺乏真实的价值。人精神的权力,即使他理解和感觉的力量,也独特的是人在创造界中高贵不比的地位和明显的不同存在而高于动物世界的主要原因。当然,这些潜在的力量和 每一个灵魂充分地固有的---通过教育和学习,通过人自己的意志,努力和进步地拓展;还有,通过社会的培育和支持与匹配和有意义方案、为人提供实际有用的技能和知识的培训---都随着被指导和被确认于精神力量的授助与应用崇高的原则和道德规则,需要培育和发展。

Confucius emphasizes on the indispensable necessity of “thinking”, and the importance and crucial effect of learning and study. Without thinking, there is no value in the human being.  Faculty of perception and understanding which in reality are the powers of human spirit, are what primarily make us singular noble creatures, distinctly different and higher than that of the animal world.   Of course these powers potentially and amply inherent in each soul, need to be cultivated and developed—through education and learning, by one’s own volition, efforts and progressive pursuits, supported and nourished by the society and the matching and meaningful programs which offer actual knowledge and train useful skills and traits—all guided and confirmed by divine assistance and the application of noble principles and moral codes.  

正由于无知和缺乏教育是隔阂人类之藩篱,所有的人都必须受到训练和教育。通过这一个方法,互相理解之缺乏将得到弥补,人类之团结将巩固和加强。全球教育是一个全球性法律。因此,尽其所能教育和指导其孩子是每个父亲义不容辞的责任。如果他不能教育他们,作为人民之代表的政府团体则必须为他们提供教育的途径。
(阿博都.巴哈,《世界和平之传扬》,300 页)

“Inasmuch as ignorance and lack of education are barriers of separation among mankind, all must receive training and instruction. Through this provision the lack of mutual understanding will be remedied and the unity of mankind furthered and advanced. Universal education is a universal law. It is, therefore, incumbent upon every father to teach and instruct his children according to his possibilities. If he is unable to educate them, the body politic, the representative of the people, must provide the means for their education.” (`Abdu’l-Baha, “Promulgation of Universal Peace”, p. 300)



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