致敬第34個教師節

09-11

致敬第34個教師節

今天是我國第34個教師節，非常幸運地，34年前，我跨入了培養教師的學校的大門，從那時開始，心裡就埋下了一顆幸福的園丁的種子。

今天，作為一名學生，腦海里總是浮現出無數個老師的面孔，是他們教給我知識，引領我步入人生的征途；

作為曾經的老師，我目睹了親愛的學生們健康成長。無論他們從事什麼職業，都令人欣慰，值得我驕傲。

特別是我曾經的很多學生也走上教師的崗位，而且有的已經在教育行業承擔著更重要的工作，我不免想起人們對教師的形象的比喻：蠟燭。

在這個特殊的日子裡，讓我們向從事太陽底下最光輝的職業的教師們致敬！

今天，摘錄《師說》中英文版，致敬第34個教師節！

古之學者必有師。師者，所以傳道受業解惑也。人非生而知之者，孰能無惑?惑而不從師，其為惑也，終不解矣。生乎吾前，其聞道也，固先乎吾，吾從而師之；生乎吾後，其聞道也，亦先乎吾，吾從而師之。吾師道也，夫庸知其年之先後生於吾乎?是故無貴無賤，無長無少，道之所存，師之所存也。

In ancient times those who wanted to learn would seek out a teacher, one whocould propagate the doctrine, impart professional knowledge，and resolve doubts．Since no one is born omniscient， who can claim to have no doubts? If one has doubts and is notwilling to learn from a teacher, his doubts will never be resolved． Anyone who was born before me and learned the doctrine before me ismy teacher．Anyone who was born after me and learned thedoctrine before me is also my teacher．Since what Idesire to learn is the doctrine, why should I care whether he was born beforeor after me? Therefore，it does not matter whether aperson is high or low in position, young or old in age．Wherethere is the doctrine, there is my teacher．

嗟乎！師道之不傳也久矣，欲人之無惑也難矣。古之聖人，其出人也遠矣，猶且從師而問焉；今之眾人，其下聖人也亦遠矣，而恥學於師。是故聖益聖，愚益愚。聖人之所以為聖，愚人之所以為愚，其皆出於此乎?

Alas！The tradition of learning from the teacher haslong been neglected． Thus it is difficult to find aperson without any doubts at all．Ancient sages, who farsurpassed us, even learned from their teachers．Peopletoday, who are far inferior to them, regard learning from the teacher as adisgrace．Thus, wise men become more wise and unlearnedmen become more foolish．This explains what makes a wiseman and what makes a foolish man．

愛其子，擇師而教之；於其身也，則恥師焉，惑矣。彼童子之師，授之書而習其句讀者，非吾所謂傳其道、解其惑者也。句讀之不知，惑之不解，或師焉，或不焉，小學而大遺，吾未見其明也。巫醫、樂師、百工之人，不恥相師。士大夫之族，曰「師」曰「弟子」雲者，則群聚而笑之。問之，則曰：彼與彼年相若也，道相似也，位卑則足羞，官盛則近諛。嗚呼！師道之不復，可知矣。巫醫、樂師、百工之人，君子不齒，今其智乃反不能及，其可怪也歟！

It is absurd that a person would choose a teacher for his son out of his lovefor him, and yet refuse to learn from the teacher himself, thinking it adisgrace to do so．The teacher of his son teaches thechild only reading and punctuation， which is notpropagating the doctrine or resolving doubts as the aforementioned．I dont think it wise to learn from the teacher when one doesntknow how to punctuate， but not when one has doubtsunresolved, for that I find to be the folly of learning in small matters, butneglecting the big ones．Even medicine men, musiciansand handicraftsmen do not think it disgraceful to learn from each other． When one of the literati and officialdom calls another man his"teacher"and himself his "student" people will get togetherand invariably laugh at him．If you ask them why theyare laughing, they will say that since he is almost of the same age and aserudite as another man, it would be degrading for him to call the other man"teacher" if the other man"s social rank is lower than his; andit would be flattering if the other man"s social rank is higher． Alas! It is clear that the tradition of learning from the teacher canno longer be restored．Medicine men， musicians and handicraftsmen are despised by the gentlemen．How strange it is that gentlemen are less wise than these people!

聖人無常師。孔子師郯子、萇弘、師襄、老聃。郯子之徒，其賢不及孔子。孔子曰「三人行，則必有我師。」是故弟子不必不如師，師不必賢於弟子。聞道有先後，術業有專攻，如是而已。

The ancient sages did not limit themselves to particular teachers．Confucius had learned from people like Tanzi, Changhong, Shixiang,and Laodan, who were not as virtuous and talented as Confucius．Confucius said "If three men are walking together， one of them is bound to be good enough to be my teacher．"A student is not necessarilyinferior to his teacher, nor does a teacher necessarily be more virtuous andtalented than his student．The real factis that one might have learned the doctrine earlier than the other, or might bea master in his own special field．

李氏子蟠，年十七，好古文，六藝經傳皆通習之，不拘於時，學於余。余嘉其能行古道，作《師說》以貽之。

Pan， the son of Lis family，who is only seventeen years old, loves to study Chinese classics of the Qin andHan dynasties, and masters the six jing6 and their annotations．He does not follow conventions and is willing to learn from me． I appreciate his ability to act in accordance with the oldtradition of learning．Therefore I dedicate this pieceto him．