root and branches

《大学》

The Great Learning

《大学》为例：物有本末,事有终始。

Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning.

发表年代

1992

译者名

贺友龄今译 何百华英译

译者信息

贺友龄，男，1950年生。中国国籍，现任中国人民公安大学教授。著作有《汉字与文化》《说苑斟补》点校；《<大学>今译》等。 何百华，生卒年不详。毕业于上海圣约翰大学。曾在在湟源师范学校教英语。与贺友龄合著《孝经》《中庸》《大学》英汉对照本。

root and branches

《荀子·富国》

Xunzi Enriching the State

《荀子·富国》:"故 禹 十年水， 汤 七年旱，而天下无菜色者，十年之后，年谷复熟，而陈积有馀，是无它故焉，知本末源流之谓也。"

This was due to no other cause than that they knew the application of the principle of root and branch and of source and outflow.

发表年代

2003

译者名

约翰•诺布洛克（John Knoblock）

译者信息

1951-2016,国籍美国,迈阿密大学哲学系教授，代表作《Xunzi》

root and branches

《中国经典：春秋左传》

The Chinese Classics VOL.V The Ch'un Ts'ew with The Tso Chuen

不知其本,不谋.知本之不枝,弗强"

If he knows the individualto have no root in himself,he dismisses him from his plans;if he knows his root will nor produce branches,it is vain to try to srengthen him.

发表年代

2001

译者名

理雅各 James Legge

译者信息

1815-1897，是近代英国著名汉学家。代表作品有《四书》《书经》《中国经典》《法显行传》英译本。