第六章 親仁

【英文語音撥放（Play English Audio）– Chapter 6】

Chapter 6 On Drawing Near to Goodhearted People

Chapter 6 Be Close to and Learn from People of Virtue and Compassion

同是人。類不齊。

Many different kinds of people

All live on the earth together.

We are all human,

but we are not the same.

流俗眾。仁者希。

There are many who follow the crowd.

There are few who are truly humane.

Most of us are ordinary;

only a very few have great virtues and high moral principles.

果仁者。人多畏。

Yet those who are truly humane

Are often feared by other people,

A truly virtuous person

is greatly respected by others.

言不諱。色不媚。

For they don’t hide behind words

Or try to please with their looks.

He will not be afraid to speak the truth and

he will not fawn on others.

能親仁。無限好。

To follow the truly humane

Will bring immeasurable good.

If I can be close to and learn from people of great virtue and compassion,

I will benefit immensely.

德日進。過日少。

Virtue will grow day by day;

Mistakes will slowly fade away.

My virtues will grow daily and

my wrongdoings will lessen day by day.

不親仁。無限害。

Not to follow the truly humane

Will bring immeasurable harm,

If I choose not to be close to and learn from people of great virtue,

I will suffer a great loss.

小人進。百事壞。

Unworthy people will draw near you,

And everything will go awry.

People without virtue will get close to me and

nothing I attempt will succeed.