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Part 6 · Setting one's aim · lecture 34 · 2 groups · not yet coveredLearning while young

The video for this lecture is still in production. For now this page gives the text, the base-edition pages, a recording and a translation.

瑩八歲,能詠詩,泌七歲,能賦棋。彼穎悟,人稱奇,爾幼學,當效之。
Text from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes, checked line by line against the base edition, Wang Xiang's Sanzijing xungu (1831 Japanese reprint). The page scans are from that edition; click a group to frame it on the page. Differences are listed under 'Compared with Wang Xiang's edition'.

TrTranslation

瑩八歲,能詠詩,泌七歲,能賦棋。
Ying was eight when he could recite poems; Mi was seven when he could write on the game of go.

彼穎悟,人稱奇,爾幼學,當效之。
They were quick and bright, and people called them remarkable. You who are studying young should follow their example.

Draft translation; it will be revised when the lecture is filmed.

Compared with Wang Xiang's edition

Group 89 瑩八歲,能詠詩,泌七歲,能賦棋。
Wang Xiang's edition writes 碁, a variant form of 棋 (“go”).

Group 90 彼穎悟,人稱奇,爾幼學,當效之。
Wang Xiang's edition writes 頴, a variant form of 颖 (“bright”).

From the Father's Lecture Notes

Two people about your child's age: Zu Ying wrote poems at eight, Li Mi wrote on the game of go at seven. The weight of this lecture is in their ages. The people in the last lecture were too old; these are the same age as he is.

Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.

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