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Written Exercises

A. Translate into English:

1. 詩雖曰無念爾祖亦不可從之若從之則不孝矣

2. 不學禮義焉得立身

3. 葉忽黃且落秋豈已至哉

4. 金石人所寶也仁義聖所寶也

5. 孟子雖已得上卿之爵亦憂其君未仁故夜不能寐

6. 客將歸遇大雨走於奇樹下而止焉

7. 夫久不歸婦不顧路之長而行求之

8. 與君未婚時妾唯知樂今與君別離心憂日已多

9. 我道長悠悠我力何足行路中止且息四顧何茫茫

10. 夫婦之道也人皆學之於父母雖然父常遊而不顧反則其子所學者非正
道也

Translate into Chinese, using the grammatical features indicated:

A. Using sǔo 所

1. Don’t take the things I love.
2. I very much hate what Confucians teach.
3. The person I encountered was the one I was thinking of.

B. Using partitive zhi 之

4. Sons who are not filial are beasts.
5. I do not delight in trees with no strange branches.
6. Travelers who do not think of returning [home]: what can one do about them?