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犬守夜，雞司晨，苟不學，曷爲人。
The dog keeps watch at night, the rooster announces the dawn. If you do not learn, how can you call yourself human?
蠶吐絲，蜂釀蜜，人不學，不如物。
The silkworm spins silk, the bee makes honey. People who do not learn fall short even of these creatures.
Draft translation; it will be revised when the lecture is filmed.
From the Father's Lecture Notes
After seven lectures about people, this one suddenly turns to animals: the dog keeps watch at night, the rooster crows, the silkworm spins silk, the bee makes honey. Each does its one thing, and each gets it done. It is the plainest comparison in the book and the easiest lecture to understand.
Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.
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