惡、善、賢、德｜bAD, gOOD, wISE, vIRTUOUS

惡、善、賢、德｜bAD, gOOD, wISE, vIRTUOUS

學為，不如辨善惡之難。
Learning dOING is not more difficult than dISTINGUISHING between gOOD and bAD.

陳壽 ——《三國志・蜀書二・先主傳》：
Chen Shou*₁- “Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Shu II, Biography of the Former Lord”:

劉備臨終前告誡其子劉禪：「勿以惡小而為之，勿以善小而不為。惟賢惟德，能服於人。」
Liu Bei*₂ admonished his son, Liu Shan*₂, before his death: “dON’T tHINK the bAD thing is just sMALL mistake then dO, dON’T tHINK the gOOD thing is just sMALL kindness then nOT dO. oNLY by being wISE and vIRTUOUS cAN one cONVINCE others.”

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*₁: Chen Shou (233-297) was a historian of the Western Jin Dynasty (266-316), also the author of “Records of Three Kingdoms” which records the dynastic history during the period of Three Kingdoms and it is one of the greatest Ancient Chinese historical texts.

*₂: Liu Bei (161-223), the Emperor of Shu Han, was the founding emperor of the (Shu) Han Dynasty (221-223) during the period of Three Kingdoms (220–280). His son, Liu Shan (207–271), was the second and the last emperor of the Dynasty (223-263).