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玉不琢，不成器，人不學，不知義。
Jade that is not carved does not become a vessel. People who do not learn do not know what is right.
爲人子，方少時，親師友，習禮儀。
As a son or daughter, while still young, keep close to teachers and friends and practise good manners.
Draft translation; it will be revised when the lecture is filmed.
From the Father's Lecture Notes
The first two lectures were about the grown-ups; this one turns to the child: why learning is a must, and why it has to be now. Children grasp the jade comparison at once. The harder part is the next group, where “keep close to teachers and friends” plainly brings teachers and friends into the picture. The share you handed over last time lands here.
Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.
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