Useful Words,Expressions and Sentences
Words and Sentences
1.五禽戏Exercise of the Five Animals
2.针灸与艾灸acupuncture and moxibustion
3.《后汉书》Book of the Later Han
4.中医Traditional Chinese Medicine
5.辨证论治 treatment based on syndrome differentiation
6.脉诊 pulse-taking
7.炼丹术 alchemy
8.五行说 Theory of Five Elements
9.《九章算术》 Nine-Chapter Arithmetic
10.素数 prime number
11.地动仪 seismoscope
12.黄赤交角 obliquity of the ecliptic
13.磁偏角 magnetic declination
14.子午线 meridian
15.四大发明 the Four Great Chinese Inventions
16.活字印刷术 Typographic Printing Technology
17.阴历 lunar calendar
18.阳历 solar calendar
19.仁者爱人 benevolence
20.中庸 the way of medium
21.民本思想 people-oriented thought
22.性善论 theory of original goodness of human nature
23.君权神授 divine right of kings
24.理学a Confucian school of idealist philosophy of the Song and Ming Dynasties
25.君主专制 autocratic monarchy
26.知行合一 unity of knowledge and action
27.唯物主义 materialism
28.唯心主义 idealism
29.兼爱 universal love
30.非攻 denouncing unjust wars
31.尚贤 exaltation of the virtuous
32.大同 great harmony
33.百家争鸣 contention of a hundred schools of thought
34.民为邦本 people being the foundation of the state
35.和而不同 harmony but not uniformity
36.天人合一 heaven and man are united as one
37.《论语》 The Analects of Confucius
38.《孟子》 The Word of Mencius
39.《春秋》 The Spring and Autumn Annals
40.骈文 Pianwen，a type of rhythmical prose with perfect parallel lines
41.古文运动 Classic/Ancient Prose Movement
42.二十四史 The 24 Official History Accounts； The 24 Official Histories
43.宋明理学 Neo-Confucianism
44.格物致知 investigating things to acquire knowledge
45.文字狱 Literary Inquisition
46.科举考试 Imperial Exams
Sentences
1.孔子开私人讲学之先河，倡导仁义礼智信。
Confucius was the forerunner of private schools and advocated benevolence,righteousness,propriety,wisdom and trust.
2.“有教无类”所昭示的是一种超越等级、地域、种族等差别的普及教育思想，更是一种主张平等待人、反对种种歧视的“人文”精神。
Transcending differences in social status,geography,and ethnicity,education for all without discrimination is a humanistic ideal that champions equal treatment of all people and rejects all forms of discrimination.
3.仁者安仁，知者利仁。
The virtuous devote their minds to benevolent conducts; the wise make the most of their benevolent conducts.
4.民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest.
5.道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。
The way that can be told of is not an unvarying way; the names that can be named are not unvarying names.
6.天行有常，不为尧存，不为桀亡。
Heaven acts according to its inherent laws.It does not exist due to the virtue of Yao,nor will it disappear because of the tyranny of Jie.
7.诚者，天之道也；诚之者，人之道也。
Being as it is the way of nature; being true to human nature is the way to achieve self-refinement.
8.天地之气，合而为一，分为阴阳，判为四时，列为五行。
The Qi of heaven and that of earth merge into one; it evolves into yin and yang,the four seasons,and five elements of metal,wood,water,fire,and earth.
9.君子喻于义，小人喻于利。
A man of virtue understands and observes what is morally right; while a petty man only has his eyes on and goes after what brings him personal gains.
10.华佗是中国医学史上为数不多的杰出外科医生之一，他善用麻醉、针、灸等方法，并擅长开胸破腹的外科手术。
Hua Tuo is one of the few outstanding surgeons in the history of Chinese medicine.He is good at anesthesia,acupuncture,moxibustion and other methods,and is good at thoracotomy and abdominal surgery.
11.三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
12.有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?
13.学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
He who learns but does not think is lost; he who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
14.《伤寒杂病论》是集秦汉以来医药理论之大成，并广泛应用于医疗实践的专书，是我国医学史上影响最大的古典医著之一，也是我国第一部临床治疗学方面的巨著。
Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases is a special book integrating the great achievements of medical theories since the Qin and Han Dynasties and is widely used in medical practice.It is one of the most influential classical medical works in the history of Chinese medicine and also the first great work in clinical therapeutics in China.
15.如何看待“理”“欲”之间的关系问题，是中国古代思想家们争论的一个热点问题，也是宋明理学的核心内容。
How to look at the relationship between “reason” and “desire” is not only a hot issue argued by Chinese thinkers in ancient time,but also an essence of Neo-Confucianism.
16.《本草纲目》首创了按药物自然属性逐级分类的纲目体系，这种分类方法是现代生物分类学的重要方法之一。
Compendium of Materia Medica is the first compendium system to classify drugs according to their natural properties,which is one of the important methods of modern biological taxonomy.
17.沈括在世界上最早经实验证明了磁针“能指南，然常微偏东”，即地磁的南北极与地理的南北极并不完全重合，存在磁偏角。
Shen kuo’s earliest experiments in the world have proved that the magnetic needle is always slightly to the East although it can point South,that is,the North and South poles of the geomagnetic field do not exactly coincide with the geographical North and South poles,and there is a magnetic declination.
18.毕昇创造发明的活字印刷术，是中国印刷术发展中的一个根本性的改革，是对中国劳动人民长期实践经验的科学总结，对中国和世界各国的文化交流做出伟大贡献。
The typography invented by Bi Sheng is a fundamental reform in the development of Chinese printing,a scientific summary of the long-term practical experience of Chinese working people and a great contribution to the cultural exchange between China and other countries.
19.在农业技术上，徐光启破除了古代农学中“唯风土论”思想，进一步提高了南方的旱作技术，推广甘薯的种植，总结了蝗虫虫灾发生的规律和治蝗方法。
His contributions in agricultural technology included exploding the theory of the unique importance of climate in ancient agriculture,further improving the technology of dry farming in the south,popularizing the planting of sweet potato and summing up the regularity of the plague of locusts and the ways to wipe out locusts.
20.中国古代科学家的科学成就背后蕴涵着的是锲而不舍、钻研继承的求知精神以及求真求实、理性批判的怀疑精神。
Behind the scientific achievements of ancient Chinese scientists lies the spirit of unremitting quest for knowledge and the spirit of seeking truth and rational criticism.
21.礼敬，是中国古代思想家提倡的处理人际关系的重要道德规范。
“Manners and Respect” is one of the most important moral standards recommended by ancient Chinese philosophers.
22.在天人关系上，我国古代思想家强调人与自然的统一，人的精神、行为与外在自然的一致，以及由此而达到的天道与人道的统一，从而实现完满和谐的精神追求。
In the relationship between man and nature,ancient Chinese thinkers emphasized the unity of man and nature,the unity of man’s spirit,behavior and external nature,and the unity of heaven and humanity thus achieved,so as to realize the spiritual pursuit of perfect harmony.
23.中国古代思想家重视道德修养与道德教育的根本目的，在于造就高尚的人格。
To create a noble personality is the purpose of ancient Chinese thinkers to concentrate on morality education.