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蘇老泉，二十七，始發憤，讀書籍。彼既老，猶悔遲，爾小生，宜早思。若梁灝，八十二，對大廷，魁多士。彼既成，衆稱異，爾小生，宜立志。TrTranslation
蘇老泉，二十七，始發憤，讀書籍。
Su Laoquan was twenty-seven when he first resolved to study and set himself to his books.
彼既老，猶悔遲，爾小生，宜早思。
Even when he was old, he regretted starting late. You who are young should think of this early.
若梁灝，八十二，對大廷，魁多士。
Liang Hao was eighty-two when he answered at the palace examination and came first among all the scholars.
彼既成，衆稱異，爾小生，宜立志。
When he succeeded, everyone marvelled. You who are young should set your aim now.
Draft translation; it will be revised when the lecture is filmed.
From the Father's Lecture Notes
Late is not too late. The two pairs, four groups, are taught together because they say the same thing: one man began studying only at twenty-seven, another is said to have come first in the examinations at eighty-two.
Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.
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