Sunday, July 24, 2011

弟子规

Mummy: My goodness Jackie, you can actually recite the 185 verses in 弟子规! Who taught you?
Jackie: 王老师 and 李老师.
Mummy: Oh.
Jackie: Mummy, 夏老师 is very rude to her parents.
Mummy: Huh, what makes you say that?
Jackie: Only 夏老师 has never taught us 弟子规 before in school. I think she doesn't know 弟子规. So she must be very rude to her parents.
Mummy: Huh?

Mummy's Notes: No idea what 弟子规 is? Haha, I too had no idea before Jackie started rambling about it. It's a famous ancient work by 李毓秀, Li Yue Xiu of the Qing Dynasty, written during the Reign of the Emperor Kangxi (1661-1722). Di Zi Gui (弟子规), in English, means "The Standards for Being a Good Student and Child". Also known as "Students' Rules", it is based on the teaching of the great Confucius that emphasises on the basic requisites for being a good person and guidelines for living in harmony with others.

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