REVIEW: PHRASES (MT)

Question 1

臣事君，子事父，妻事夫。

Answer 1

The vassal serves the ruler, the son serves the father, and the wife serves the husband.

Question 2

事君不二其心

Answer 2

He serves his ruler without dividing his loyalty.

Question 3

鼻大可小

Answer 3

A big nose can be reduced in size.

Question 4

人皆有所不為

Answer 4

Everyone has things they do not do.

Question 5

所求於人者少

Answer 5

What he seeks from others are few.

Question 6

未知所之

Answer 6

They do not yet know where to go.

Question 7

知人之所不言

Answer 7

They know the things people do not say.

Question 8

非人之所能為也

Answer 8

This is not something humans are capable of doing.

Question 9

知天之所為，知人之所為者，至矣

Answer 9

A person who knows that which the Heaven acts and knows that which the human acts has reached perfection.

Question 10

莫知其所從出

Answer 10

No one knows from where it may emerge.

Question 11

問所與飲食者

Answer 11

She asked him with whom he ate and drank.

Question 12

其地… 東西至日月所出入者

Answer 12

Its land extends to east and west to the places where the sun and moon rise and set.

Question 13

臣未之聞也

Answer 13

I, your humble servant, have not heard of it before.

Question 14

不可不知也

Answer 14

(lit.) You cannot not know this. / It is necessary to know this.

Question 15

故君子欲其自得之也

Answer 15

Thus a gentleman would wish to get hold of it himself.

Question 16

人主以二目視一國，一國以萬目視人主。

Answer 16

A ruler observes the state with two eyes, the state observes its ruler with ten thousand eyes.

Question 17

使人請以五十金買之

Answer 17

He sent someone to ask if he can buy it with fifty gold.

Question 18

以道正己

Answer 18

He corrects himself with the Way.

Question 19

故以一得十者，下道也；以十得一者，上道也。

Answer 19

Thus, to obtain ten with one
is an inferior way, to obtain one through ten is a superior way.

Question 20

桀以醉亡天下

Answer 20

Jie lost his rule over All-under-Heaven due to his drunkenness.

Question 21

樂羊以我故而食其子之肉

Answer 21

Le Yang ate the flesh of his son because of me.