February 2023

《单衣顺母》，又称为《芦衣顺母》，这里讲述孔子又一个著名弟子闵子骞的孝行故事。这是《二十四孝》中的第四则故事。 《二十四孝·闵损单衣顺母》 郭居敬 周闵损，字子骞。早丧母。父娶后母，生二子，衣以棉絮；妒损，衣以芦花。父令损御车，体寒，失纼。父查知故，欲出后母。损曰：“母在，一子寒；母去，三子单。”母闻，悔改。 诗曰： 闵氏有贤郎，何曾怨晚娘。 父前留母在，三子免风霜。 Min Sun’s Obedience to His Step-mother Min Sun, alias Ziqian, of the Zhou Dynasty in the Spring-Autumn period, lost his mother when he was young. His father remarried and had two more sons. In winter, his two brothers wore cotton-padded clothes, while Min Sun wore only clothes stuffed […]

《中庸》是一篇论述儒家人性修养的散文，原是《礼记》第三十一篇，相传为子思所作，是儒家学说经典论著。经北宋程颢、程颐极力尊崇，南宋朱熹作《中庸集注》，最终和《大学》、《论语》、《孟子》并称为“四书”。宋、元以后，《中庸》成为学校官定的教科书和科举考试的必读书，对中国古代教育产生了极大的影响。 《中庸·十九》 子思 子曰：“武王、周公其达孝矣乎！夫孝者，善继人之志，善述人之事者也。春秋修其祖庙，陈其宗器，设其裳衣，荐其时食。宗庙之礼，所以序昭穆也。序爵，所以辨贵贱也。序事，所以辨贤也。旅酬下为上，所以逮贱也。燕毛，所以序齿也。践其位，行其礼，奏其乐，敬其所尊，爱其所亲，事死如事生，事亡如事存，孝之至也。 郊社之礼，所以事上帝也；宗庙之礼，所以祀乎其先也。明乎郊社之礼，禘尝之义，治国其如示诸掌乎！” Confucius remarked: “The Emperor Wu and his brother, the Duke of Chow, were indeed eminently pious men. Now true filial piety consists in successful carrying out the unfinished work of our forefathers and transmitting their achievements to posterity. In Spring and Autumn they repaired and put in order the ancestral

《中庸》是一篇论述儒家人性修养的散文，原是《礼记》第三十一篇，相传为子思所作，是儒家学说经典论著。经北宋程颢、程颐极力尊崇，南宋朱熹作《中庸集注》，最终和《大学》、《论语》、《孟子》并称为“四书”。宋、元以后，《中庸》成为学校官定的教科书和科举考试的必读书，对中国古代教育产生了极大的影响。 《中庸·十八》 子思 子曰：“无忧者，其惟文王乎！以王季为父，以武王为子；父作之，子述之。武王缵大王、王季、文王之绪，壹戎衣而有天下，身不失天下之显名。尊为天子，富有四海之内；宗庙飨之，子孙保之。武王末受命，周公成文武之德，追王大王、王季，上祀先公以天子之礼。斯礼也，达乎诸侯大夫，及士庶人。父为大夫，子为士；葬以大夫，祭以士。父为士，子为大夫，葬以士，祭以大夫。期之丧，达乎大夫。三年之丧，达乎天子。父母之丧，无贵贱，一也。” The Master said, “It is only King Wen of whom it can be said that he had no cause for grief! His father was King Ji, and his son was King Wu. His father laid the foundations of his dignity, and his son transmitted it. King Wu continued the enterprise of

《寿阳曲·答卢疏斋》是元代珠帘秀所作的散曲小令。这首小令充满深情与怨恨，表现了珠帘秀对卢挚的一往情深。曲中作者一方面对卢挚的临行赠曲表示感谢，另一方面倾吐了自己做歌女的悲愤。整个小令将离别时强烈的情感起伏，表现得一波三折，真切感人。 《寿阳曲·答卢疏斋》 珠帘秀 山无数， 烟万缕。 憔悴煞玉堂人物。 倚篷窗一身儿活受苦， 恨不得随大江东去。 Reply to Lu Songzhai to the tune of Life-giving Sun Mountains are countless, Mist is boundless. How miserable is my scholarly man! Holding on the windowsill that is tan, I, though being alive, suffer a lot, too, Wishing I could go to him following the eastbound river