国学英译

庙算
Court Calculation

靡不有初，鲜克有终
All Things Have a Beginning, but Few Can Reach the End.

矛盾
Paradox of the Spear and the Shield / Contradiction

六艺
The Six Arts

六观
Six Criteria

临渊履薄
Be Discreet as if Standing on Cliff Edge or Treading on Thin Ice

丽辞
Ornate Parallel Style

离形得似
Transcend the Outer Form to Capture the Essence

离坚白
Separate Hardness from Whiteness

乐天知命
Rejoice in Complying with Heaven and Know Its Mandate

夸饰
Exaggeration and Embellishment

苦吟
Painstaking Versification