University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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CHINESE PROVERBS 83 CHINESE PROVERBS EQLHVALENT TO U. s. A. coMMoN sAY1Nos. The best of friends mast part. Even although you accompany the princely man a thousand li, tinally you must bid him farewell. A stitch in time saves nine. If alittle hole is not repaired, it will increase to a foot and a half. Two heads are better than one. The knowledge of one man is not equal to that of two. Easier said than done. To behold a task is easier than to do it. In one ear and out the other. Enter by the east ear, exit by the west. What's eoerybody's business is nobody's business. When one priest carries water there is some to drink, when two priest together carry water there is some to drink, when three priests carry water there is none to drink. You can't get blood out ofa turnip. It is useless to look for bones in a hen's egg. There arc two sides to every question. To know only one side of the case and not to know both. If yon 'want a thing done, do it yourself. Making requests of others is not comparable to asking them of yourself. Evil companions corrupt good manners. If you follow the good you will learn the good, if you follow the beggar you will beg for food. All men are brethren. All within the four seas are brothersg Loch the stable after the horse is stolen. When the guest comes we sweep the floor, When the thief goes we close the door. i V Like teacher, like' pupil. b The illustrious teacher produces a good disciple. As you would that nz-en should do unto yon, do ye also -unto them. What for yourself wouldbc a bother, Do not bestow upon another. Where there's a will, there's a way. VVhere there is a purpose it will finally be accomplished. Whatsoerer a man soweth, that also shall he reap. Sow a melon reap a melon, sow a bean, reap a bean. Self praise is no recommendation. A quack doctor has no ehicacious medicine. Man loolceth on the out-ward appearance but God looketh on the heart. In drawing a tiger you draw his skin. it is difiicult to draw his bonesg in knowing a man you know only the outward appearance, you cannot know his heart. '

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THE LINGUIST GOING TO PEKING. It's an event in anyone's life To go to Peking, ' Next in importance to seeking a wife, To prowl about Peking. City of palaces sights to behold, City of parasites for plunder too bold, City of propaganda such as cannot be told, Unrivalled Peking. Attractions abound on every side, Marvellous Pekingg Streets may be narrow, or streets may be wide In dirty Pekingg The Temple of Heaven, to pious souls dear, The National Museum, to greatness so near, The ancient Observatory, instruments queer, Historic Peking. The alleys, the lanes, and the hutungs, In crisscross Peking, May be trying to folk of bad lungs, In dusty Peking, But the busy, great, main thoroughfares, Where the merchants exhibit their wonder war And camel trains bring in the desert airs, Are the boast of Peking. You'll want to see the Temple of Llama, Religious Peking, It is the scene of continuous drama, Dramatic Pekingg ' All States underheaven have legations, Missions are there from all nations, And schools representing all stations, Jealous of Peking. P. U. M. C., Tsing Hwa, and the Y's, Of foreign Peking, Yen-king, Hwei-wen, bless your eyes, Scholastic Peking, But when you have seen all there is to be seen, And been everywhere there is to be been, O men chae sie ren still best on the screen, Alluring Peking. The senators strut and all have their say In static Peking, Perhaps scarcely more than butterfly play, Fantastic Pekingg CS Thick walls, and wide gates, of imperial mould, Within this enclosure the new and the old Contend for whatever is there to be sold,- So it seems in Peking. -Anonymous, l

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L 1.'1-IE LINGUIST The Altar in a Buddhist Temple