University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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SAYINGS FROM THE ANLEGTS. 53 CHINESE PROVERBS A fraction of time, an ounce of gold. lt is hard to buy a fraction of time with an ounce of gold. If you lose an ounce of gold you can still get along but there is no place to seek for a lost fraction of time. If you wish to know the road ahead you must question those who have travelled that way before. Truth does not come from the false, nor false from the true. Time flies like an arrowg days and months like a shuttle. He who is unwilling to Sl1'l'l:Cl' trouble will never attain to being a man above other men. . A twitching of the left eye denotes wealth. that of the right eye signifies calamity. lf as a usual thing you do not burn incenseg in a crisis you will embrace the feet of Buddha. - He that takes medicine and neglects to diet himself, wastes the skill of the physician. The mouth of the wicked is sweet but the heart bitter. Those who can talk are not equal to those who can perform. Talking about virtue is not as good as practicing it. Men die for gaing birds perish to get food. A stupid man has no eyes in'his heart. Gpen your eyes wide so as to take in a broad range of visiong stand on your heels and be a man. The summer insect cannot speak of iceg the frog in the bottom of the well should not talk of the heavens. Good and evil are rewarded at lastg though travelling far and flying high there is still no escape. A boundless bitter seag turn your head and there is the shore. Irrigation Pump. I

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52 'l'HP1il.INGUlS'1' 'fsQUEEzE. Today I bought a ton of coal. Thai is, I meant to buy a ton ol coal. I think l bought an interest in a store. a bowl ol rice, a chicken, a new coat, a gilt for the family god, a pipciul of tobacco, and a half ton of coal. My coolie told me that my coal was gone. l told the cook to buy me a ton of coal. He sent the table boy to tell the coal man to bring me a ton of coal. The coal man sent his coolie with a wheelbarrow full of coal. 1 thought it was a half of a ton. My cook said it was a ton. My cook said a ton of coal cost twenty dollars, My cook has been in this house twenty-one years. His word is sacred truth. His wo1'd is law. I gave him twenty dollars. The coolie got twenty centsg he told me my coal was gone. The table boy got forty centsg he told the man to bring' the coal. The gateman got ten centsg he allowed the boy to go out ofthe gate to tell the coal man to bring me a ton of coal. The gateman got a dollarg he allowed the coalman's dirty coolie and dirty coal to come in thru his nice clean gate house. The policeman on the corner got a dollar 5 the squeeking wheelbarrow disturbed his nerves. The coolie who pushed the wheelbarrow got twenty centsg that is the way he earns his living. My cook got three dollarsg he ordered my coal. The coalman got the restg he furnished the coal. IN CHINA, WE CALL THAT SQUEEZE. Thcreby is the currency of the land kept in circulation. Thereby do our servants lay up for themselves treasures on earth. IN CHINA, WE CALL THAT SQUEEZE. R. L. M. ,.. T i x It ,W Market Scene

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54 THE LINGUIST A part of the royal way to the Ming Tombs, which lies at the foot of the mountain CPurple Mountain in the grove seen at the foot of the mountain to the right of center. ' SAYINGS FROM THE ANALECTS. The filial son avoids causing anxiety ' The higher type of man is not a machineg he first practices what he preaches and afterwards preaches what he practices. Learning without thought is uselessg thought without learning is dangerous. Hear muchg reserve what causes you doubt and speak guardedly of the restg You will then suffer little criticism. To see the right and not to do it is cowardice. It is the moral character of a neighborhood that constitutes its excellence, and how can he be considered wise who does not elect to dwell in moral surroundings? Only the virtuous are competent to love or hate men. The student who aims at wisdom and yet who is ashamed of shabby clothes and poor food is not worthy to be discoursed with. . The wise man in his attitude towards the world has neither predilections nor prejudices He is on the side of what is right. The man of honor thinks of his characterg the inferior man of his position. The man of honor desires justice, the inferior man favour. One should not be concerned at lack of position, but should be concerned about what shall lit him to occupy it. One should not be concerned at being unknown, he should seek to be worthy of being known. V Virtue never dwells alone it always has neighbors. A man who is without good faith. I do not know how he is to get on. A wagon without its yoke-bar, or a carriage without 'its collar-bar for the horses. how can it be made to go! From the Confucian Analects.