圣贤不得见,道散固已久。
学者多自贤,鲜肯事师友。
颠冥声利中,悔吝皆自取。
动言无愧怍,未知果然否。
寡过云未能,先圣欣善诱。
凛凛孟氏言,几希异禽兽。
参乎病知免,遂使启足手。
宁知起易箦,又在此段后。
吾侪况小人,气质素凡陋。
以其所以养,孝道亦何有。
勉前类水马,立处祇如旧。
傥复不自力,其末当愈谬。
每思攻所愧,扁榜铭座右。
三诵故人书,惭汗几欲溜。
夫岂为戏言,知君于我厚。
因之更加警,补过尚无咎。
圣贤不得见,道散固已久。
学者多自贤,鲜肯事师友。
颠冥声利中,悔吝皆自取。
动言无愧怍,未知果然否。
寡过云未能,先圣欣善诱。
凛凛孟氏言,几希异禽兽。
参乎病知免,遂使启足手。
宁知起易箦,又在此段后。
吾侪况小人,气质素凡陋。
以其所以养,孝道亦何有。
勉前类水马,立处祇如旧。
傥复不自力,其末当愈谬。
每思攻所愧,扁榜铭座右。
三诵故人书,惭汗几欲溜。
夫岂为戏言,知君于我厚。
因之更加警,补过尚无咎。
圣贤已无法见到,
大道沦丧本已很久。
求学之人大多自以为贤能,
很少肯虚心侍奉师友。
沉迷于名声利益之中,
悔恨与祸患都是自取。
动辄声称问心无愧,
不知是否果真如此。
说未能减少过错,
先圣欣喜于善于诱导。
孟子之言令人凛然,
人与禽兽的差别很微小。
曾参病中知晓如何免于过错,
于是让弟子看他的手足。
怎知曾子临终易箦之事,
又发生在这段教诲之后。
我们何况是普通人,
气质本就平凡鄙陋。
用他们奉养父母的方式,
孝道又哪里谈得上。
勉强向前像水黾一样,
站立之处却依然如旧。
倘若再不自己努力,
其结局必将更加谬误。
每每想着克服自己的惭愧,
将匾额铭刻在座位右边。
三次诵读故人的书信,
惭愧的汗水几乎要流下。
这哪里是戏言,
我知道你对我情深意厚。
因此更加警惕,
弥补过错尚且可以免于灾祸。
Sages and worthies are no longer seen,
The Way dispersed has long since ceased to be.
Most scholars deem themselves wise and keen,
Few willingly seek teachers' company.
Lost in the clamor for fame and gain,
Regrets and losses are of their own making.
They claim to act without a blush of shame,
But is this truly so, without mistaking?
To say 'I cannot avoid faults' is modest,
The ancient sage rejoiced in guiding well.
Mencius's stern words, chilling and honest,
Distinguish man from beast, as stories tell.
Zeng Shen, ill, knew how from error to stay,
So that he could present his hands and feet.
Who knew that rising to change the mat one day,
Would come after this lesson, incomplete?
We, common men of lesser kind,
Our nature crude, our spirit confined.
With what we use ourselves to feed,
What filial piety can we plead?
We press ahead like water striders,
Yet where we stand, nothing betides us.
If we ourselves do not strive more,
Our end will be mistaken lore.
I often think to mend my shame,
Inscribed on my desk, a constant aim.
Reciting thrice my old friend's scroll,
Shame's sweat almost escapes control.
This is no jest, I truly know,
Your care for me you deeply show.
Thus I grow more alert and keen,
To mend my faults, and stay serene.
道散揭示文化认同传承的周期断裂
感慨圣贤之道久已散失,不得亲见
本诗为五言古诗,押平声韵。
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