True con-science is made up of all the sciences of love and faith.
Transcript of Commencement Speech
論語 Analects
at Stanford given by Steve Jobs&

translated by Legge etc

translated by Waley

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曾子有疾，孟敬子問之。曾 The philosopher Zeng being ill, Meng Jing went to ask how he was. Zeng said to him,
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也哀；人之將死，其言也善。 words are good.

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The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm.
十而立，四十而不惑，五十而 At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear
知天命，六十而耳順，七十而 was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my從心所欲，不踰矩。
」
heart desired, without transgressing what was right."
子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三The Master said, "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and說乎？有朋自遠方來，不亦樂 application? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Is he乎？人不知而不慍，不亦君子 not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note
1: 子曰：「學而時習之，不亦乎？」of him?"子曰：「譬如為山， The Master said, "The prosecution of learning may be compared to what may happen in raising
未成一簣，止，吾 a mound. If there want but one basket of earth to complete the work, and I stop, the stopping
止也；譬如平地， is my own work. It may be compared to throwing down the earth to fill the hole and level the雖覆一簣，進，吾 ground. Though but one basketful is thrown at a time, the advancing with it is my own going
forward."往也。」
砂 上 の 楼 閣 NIV: The Wise and Foolish Builders
NASB:TheThe Two Foundations（ さ じ ょ う 24“Therefore
everyone who hears these words of their 24“Therefore
everyone who hears these words of their
24
24の ろ う か conscience and puts them into practice is like a wise conscience and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man1く）man who built his house on the rock. 25The
rain came who built his house on the rock.25
25“Andthe rain fell, and25
25
down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against
against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded
its foundation on the rock. 26But
26
everyone who hears
these words of their conscience and does not put theminto practice is like a foolish man who built his houseon sand. 27
27The rain came down, the streams rose, and thewinds blew and beat against that house, and it fell witha great crash.”
在陳絕糧，從者病，莫能興。子路慍見曰：「君子亦
有窮乎？」子曰：「君子固窮，小人窮斯濫矣。」

on the rock.26
26“Everyone
who hears these words of their26
conscience and does not act on them, will be like a foolishman who built his house on the sand.27
27“Therain fell, and27
the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed againstthat house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”When he was in Chen, their provisions were exhausted, and his followers became so ill thatthey were unable to rise. Zi Lu, with evident dissatisfaction, said, "Has the superior man
likewise to endure in this way?" The Master said, "TheThe superior man may indeed have tolicense."endure want, but the mean man, when he is in want, gives way to unbridled license.

冉求曰：「非不說子之道，力不足 Ran Qiu said, "It is not that I do not delight in your doctrines, but my strength也。」子曰：「力不足者，中道而廢。 is insufficient." The Master said, "Those whose strength is insufficient give
今女畫。」
over in the middle of the way but now you limit yourself.
yourself."
子曰：「三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。」 The Master said, "The commander of the forces of a large state may be carriedoff, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him."
子曰：「鄙夫！可與事君也與哉？ The Master said, "There are those mean creatures! How impossible it is along with them to serve
其未得之也，患得之；既得之， one's prince[=conscience]! While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get
患失之。苟患失之，無所不至矣。」 them. When they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them. When they are anxious
lest such things should be lost, there is nothing to which they will not proceed."
不怨天，不尤人
不曰如之何
/

/
日知其所无
一箪食，一瓢饮/

君子食无求饱 / 止，吾止也, 進，吾往也。 / 群居终日
/ 知其不可而行之/ 如愚而不愚/ 不患人之不己知/
君子固窮，小人窮斯濫矣。 / 力不足者，中道2而廢。今女畫。 /为仁由己而不由人

三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。
/

修身齐家

/

修己安人

/ 朝闻道 / 苏格拉底
/

信而后劳

/
/

Bedtime prayer /人焉廋哉？

| 6/14/2005 | Steve Jobs
Thank you. I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of thefinest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college
and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.
Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just
three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots.

/

吾日三省

/

大德不逾

如来
精進

How to be born, it’
it’s not up to you.
How to live your life, how to leave

善逝

the world, it’
it’s up to you.

14 ， 子The Master said, "Alas! there is no one

曰 ：「 莫that knows me." Zi Gong said, "What do

我 知 也

you mean by thus saying - that no one

I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months but then stayed around 夫！」子 knows you?" The Master replied, "I do not
as a drop-in for another eighteen months or so before I really quit. So why did 貢 曰 ： murmur against Heaven. I do not grumble
I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed 「 何 為 against men. My studies lie low, and mygraduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly 其 莫 知 penetration rises high. But there isthat I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me 子也？」 Heaven - that knows me!"to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife, except that when I popped out, 子 曰 ： Tsze-hsia said, "He, who from day to day
they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who 「 不 怨 recognizes what he has
were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, "We've got 天，不尤 not yet, and from month to month does not
an unexpected baby boy. Do you want him?" They said, "Of course." My biological 人。下學 forget what he hasmother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that 而上達。 attained to, may be said indeed to love
my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final 知我者， to learn."天
adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that 其I would go to college

乎！」This was the start in my life. And seventeen 4 子曰：「士志於道，而恥惡衣惡食者，
years later, I did go to college, but I

未足與議也。
」

naïvely chose a college that was almost as

The Master said, "A scholar, whose mind is set on truth, and
who is ashamed of bad clothes and bad food, is not fit to bediscoursed with."[1-14] 子曰。君子食無求飽、居無求
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expensive as Stanford, and all of myworking-class parents' savings were being
spent on my college tuition. After six
months, I couldn't see the value in it. I
had no idea what I wanted to do with my life,and no idea of how college was going to help

Jesus[conscience]
安、敏於事而愼於言、就有道而正焉、 * The Cost of Following Jesus[conscience]a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I
19
可 謂 好 學 也 已 。 [1:14] The Master 19Then
said: “When the noble man eats hedoes not try to stuff himself; atwill follow you wherever you go.” 20Jesus
replied, “Foxes have20
dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place tolay his head.”rest he does not seek perfectcomfort; he is diligent in his work

* Discipleship Tested

all the money my parents had saved theirand careful in speech. He avails

19Thena scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow
19

entire life. So I decided to drop out andhimself to people of the Way and

You wherever You go.”20
20Jesussaid to him, “The foxes have holes
20

me figure it out, and here I was, spending

trust that it would all work out OK. It was thereby corrects himself. This is and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere
pretty scary at the time, but looking back, the kind of person of whom you can to lay His head.”
it was one of the best decisions I ever made. say, ‘he loves learning.’”learning.’”
The minute I dropped out, I could stop
[6-11] 子曰。賢哉、囘也 一簞食、一taking the required classes that didn't
interest me and begin dropping in on the 瓢飮、在陋巷、人不堪其憂、囘也不改
ones that looked far more interesting.
interesting其樂。賢哉、囘也 。[6:11][6:11] The Master

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm said: “Hui was indeed a worthy! With

*The Master said, "Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui! Witha single bamboo dish of rice, a single gourd dish of drink, andliving in his mean narrow lane, while others could not haveendured the distress, he did not allow his joy to be affectedby it. Admirable indeed was the virtue of Hui!"room, so I slept on the floor in friends' a single bamboo bowl of rice andComment In Confucian and Daoist thought, the term xianrooms. I returned Coke bottles for the gourd-cup of water he lived in a backfive-cent deposits to buy food with, and I
alley. Others could not have endured
would walk the seven miles across town every
his misery, but Hui never changed
Sunday night to get one good meal a week atfrom his happy disposition. Hui wasthe Hare Krishna temple. I loved it.
a worthy indeed!”(“worthy”) means “good, kind, intelligent, courageous,” etc.
But it is also a technical term for a person of a high levelof moral and intellectual advancement. Generally speaking, it
indicates someone who is “almost perfect” but who is not a“divine being,” a sage.

4And much of what I stumbled into by 2 子 曰 ：「 由 ！ 誨 女 知 之

Knowledge Socrates

following my curiosity and intuition 乎？知之為知之，不知為
turned out to be priceless later on. Let 不知，是知也。」The Master One of the best known sayings of Socrates is "what I do not know I do not
said, "You, shall I think I know". The conventional interpretation of this remark is thatme give you one example.
Reed College at that time offered teach you what knowledge Socrates' wisdom was limited to an awareness of his own ignorance. Socrates
perhaps
thebest
calligraphy is? When you know a believed wrongdoing was a consequence of ignorance and those who did wrong
instruction in the country. Throughout thing, to hold that you knew no better. The one thing Socrates consistently claimed to havethe campus every poster, every label on know it; and when you do knowledge of was "the art of love", which he connected with the concept
every
drawerwasbeautifully not know a thing, to of "the love of wisdom", i.e., philosophy. He never actually claimed tohand-calligraphed. Because I had allow that you do not be wise, only to understand the path a lover of wisdom must take in pursuing
dropped out and didn't have to take the know it - this is it. It is debatable whether Socrates believed humans (as opposed to gods
normal classes, I decided to take a knowledge."
like Apollo) could actually become wise. On the one hand, he drew a clear
calligraphy class to learn how to do [2:17] The Master said: line between human ignorance and ideal knowledge; on the other, Plato's
this. I learned about serif and “You, shall I teach you Symposium (Diotima's Speech) and Republic (Allegory of the Cave) describe
sans-serif typefaces, about varying about knowledge? What a method for ascending to wisdom.
the amount of space between different you know, you know, what
[Comment] The stage of “knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know” isletter combinations, about what makes you don't know, you
great typography great. It was don't know. This is not easy to attain. It has been noted in the teachings of other religious traditions
to be a very high level of attainment.
beautiful, historical, artistically knowledge.”
subtle in a way that science can't
capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any 1 子曰：「學而時習之，不practical application in my life. But 亦說乎？有朋自遠方來， * The Master "Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance andten years later when we were designing 不 亦 樂 乎 ？ 人 不 知 而 不 application? "Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distantquarters? "Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure
the first Macintosh computer, it all 慍，不亦君子乎？」5

came back to me, and we designed it all 子曰：「吾十有五而志于 though men may take no note of him?"
into the Mac. It was the first computer 學，三十而立，四十而不 The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty,
with beautiful typography. If I had 惑，五十而知天命，六十 I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees ofnever dropped in on that single course
in college, the Mac would have never had
multiple typefaces or proportionallyspaced fonts, and since Windows justcopied the Mac, it's likely that no
personal computer would have them.

而耳順，七十而從心所欲， Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth.
不踰矩。
」

At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing
what was right."

19 子夏曰：「日知其所亡， Zi Xia said, "He, who from day to day recognizes what he has not
月無忘其所能，可謂好學也已矣。
」

yet, and from month to month does not forget what he has attained
to, may be said indeed to love to learn."

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped inon that calligraphy class and personals computers might not 1 子曰：「不患人之不己知，
患不知人也。
」
have the wonderful typography that they do.
Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking
forward when I was in college, but it was very, very clear
looking backwards 10 years later. Again, you can't connect 14 子曰：「不患人之不己知，the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking 患其不能也。
backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow
connect in your future. You have to trust in
something--yourgut,
destiny,life,
karma, 15 子曰：「君子病無能焉，不whatever--because believing that the dots will connect 病人之不己知也。」
down the road will give you the confidence to follow yourheart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, andthat will make all the difference.

The Master said, "I will not be afflicted at men's
not knowingme; I will be afflicted that I do not know men."
The Master said, "I will not be concerned at men's
not knowingme; I will be concerned at my own want of ability."
The Master said, "The superior man is distressedby his want ofability. He is not distressed by men's not knowing
him."

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My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz 子 曰 ： The Master said, "Seeand I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was twenty. We worked hard and in ten years, Apple 「 視 其 what a man does. Mark
had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees. 所以，觀 his motives. Examine
We'd just released our finest creation, the Macintosh, a year earlier, and I'd just turned thirty, 其所由， in what things heand then I got fired.
fired How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew, we 察 其 所 rests. How can a man
hishired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year 安。人焉 conceal
or so, things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge, and eventually we 廋 哉 ？ character? How can aconcealhis
had a falling out. When we did, our board of directors sided with him, and so at thirty, I was out, 人 焉 廋 manand very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was 哉？」 character?"devastating. I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous
generation of entrepreneurs down, that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met 14, 子 Zi Lu happening towith David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public 路 宿 於 pass the night in Shi
failure and I even thought about running away from the Valley. But something slowly began to dawn 石門。晨 Men, the gatekeeper
on me. I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I'd been 門 曰 ： said to him, "Whom do「奚 you come from?" Zi Lu
rejected but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.
"From
Mr.
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could 自？」子 said,
have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being 路 曰 ： Kong." "It is he, isa beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods 「 自 孔 it not?" said thein my life. During the next five years I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar 氏。」曰： other, "who knows theand fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world's 「 是 知 impracticable nature
first computer-animated feature film, "Toy Story," and is now the most successful animation studio 其 不 可 of the times and yet而 為 之 will be doing inin the world.
In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT and I returned to Apple and the technology we 者與？」 them."
developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance, and Lorene and I have a wonderfulfamily together.
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I'm pretty sure none of this would 15 子 曰 ：「 群 居 終

The Master said, "When a number of people are together, for ahave happened if I hadn't been fired 日，言不及義，好行 whole day, without their conversation turning on righteousness,
and when they are fond of carrying out the suggestions of a small
from Apple. It was awful-tasting 小慧，難矣哉！」
medicine but I guess the patientneeded it. Sometimes life's goingto hit you in the head with a brick.
Don't lose faith. I'm convincedthat the only thing that kept megoing was that I loved what I did.
You've got to find what you love,and that is as true for work as it
is for your lovers. Your work isgoing to fill a large part of yourlife, and the only way to be truly
satisfied is to do what you believe
is great work, and the only way to
do great work is to love what you
do. If you haven't found it yet,keep looking, and don't settle. As
with all matters of the heart,
you'll know when you find it, andlike any great relationship it justgets better and better as the years
roll on. So keep looking. Don't
settle.

shrewdness;-theirs is indeed a hard case."
2 子曰：「學而不思則The Master said, "Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning

罔，思而不學則殆。
」 is perilous."
15 子曰：「不曰『如The Master said, "When a man is not in the habit of saying-之何如之何』者，吾'What shall I think of this? What shall I think of this?' I can

末如之何也已矣。
」

indeed do nothing with him!"

2 子曰：「吾與回言終The Master said, "I have talked with Hui for a whole day, and he has not made any

日，不違如愚。退而objection to anything I said - as if he were stupid. He has retired, and I have examined

省其私，亦足以發。 his conduct when away from me, and found him able to illustrate my teachings. Hui!
回也，不愚。
」[5-9] 子謂子貢曰。
女與囘也、孰愈 對- He is not stupid."[5:9] Confucius, speaking to Zi Gong said, “Who is superior, you or Hui?” Zi Gonganswered, saying: “How could I compare myself to Hui? He hears one point and曰。賜也、何敢望囘。 understands the whole thing. I hear one point and understand a second one.” Confucius
8
囘也、聞一以知十。 said, “You are not equal to him; you and I, we are not equal to him. ”
賜也、聞一知二。子The Master said to Tsze-kung, "Which do you consider superior,曰。弗如也。 吾與

yourself or Hui?"女、弗如也。

one point and knows all about a subject; I hear one point, and know a second." The

Tsze-kung replied, "How dare I compare myself with Hui? Hui hears

Master said, "You are not equal to him. I grant you, you are not equal to him."

8My third story is about death. When I 4 子曰：「朝聞道， The Master said, "If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening
was 17 I read a quote that went

夕死可矣。
」

something like "If you live each day as NIV:

without regret."

26What26

if it was your last, someday you'll good will it be

The Death of Jesus:

most certainly be right." It made an for someone to

NAS: 6“For
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?

impression on me, and since then, for

Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?27
the Son of Man is going to comesoul?27“For27gain the whole

the past 33 years, I have looked in the world,
mirror every morning and asked myself,

yetforfeittheirin the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TOHIS DEEDS.
DEEDS.

"If today were the last day of my life, soul? Or what

Luke 23 NIV: 44It
44 was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until threewould I want to do what I am about to can anyone givein the afternoon, 45forthe sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn
45

do today?" And whenever the answer has in exchange forin two. 46Jesus
called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”
46

been "no" for too many days in a row, their

e

soul?

When he had said this, he breathed his last.

I know I need to change something.

27For
the Son27

47The
centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, “Surely this was a47

Remembering that I'll be dead soon isof Man is goingrighteous man.” 48When
all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what48

the most important thing I've everto come in his

took place, they beat their breasts and went away. 49But
all those who knew him, including
49

encountered to help me make the big

Father’s glory

the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

choicesinlife,

becausealmost withhis

external angels,everything--allexpectations, all pride, all fear of thenheLuke 23 NAS:

and 44It
44 was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth
will hour,45
45becausethe sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.46
46And
45
46

failure--these reward

each Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, “Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT.”

things just fall away in the face of person

Having said this, He breathed His last.47
47Nowwhen the centurion saw what had happened,47

embarrassment

ordeath, leaving only what is truly according

to he began praising God, saying, “Certainly this man was innocent.”48
48And
all the crowds
48

important. Remembering that you are what they have who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to9

going to die is the best way I know to done.
avoid the trap of thinking you have ‘return, beating their breasts.49
49And
all His acquaintances and the women who accompanied
49
Bedtime Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things.

something to lose. You are already Prayer’rayer’The Death of Jesus

Matthew 27 NIV:

naked. There is no reason not to follow Now I lay me 38Two
rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those
who
38
39
your heart.

down to sleep passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40andsaying, “You who are going
40

About a year ago, I was diagnosed withiscancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in thechildren's

if you are the Son of God!” 41In
41 the same way the chief priests, the teachers of themorning and it clearly showed a tumor

bedtime prayer

law and the elders mocked him. 42“Hesaved others,” they said, “but he can’t save42

on my pancreas. I didn't even know whatfrom the 18th

himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believea pancreas was. The doctors told me

century.

in him. 43He
43 trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I amaclassic

to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross,this was almost certainly a type of

the Son of God.’ ” 44In
44 the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped

cancer that is incurable, and that I Perhaps theshould expect to live no longer than earliest

insults on him.

three to six months. My doctor advised version wasme to go home and get my affairs in written byin the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,clemasabachthani?” (which

order, which is doctors' code for Joseph Addison"prepare to die." It means to try and in an essay

47Whensome of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
47

45Fromnoon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. 46About
three
45
46
means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).d
48Immediately
one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it
48

tell your kids everything you thought

appearing inon a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49The
rest said, “Now leave him alone.
49

you'd have the next ten years to tell

The Spectator

Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”them, in just a few months. It means to on March 8,
make sure that everything is buttoned 1711. It says:*****Matthew 27 NAS:up so that it will be as easy as

38Atthat time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the38

possible for your family. It means to
say your goodbyes.
I lived with that diagnosis all day.

When I lay me
down to Sleep,
I recommend my

50And
when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
50

left.39
39And
those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads40
40andsaying,
39
40“You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself!
If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”41
41In
41 the same way the chief priests
10Later that evening I had a biopsy whereself to his

also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,42
42“Hesaved others;
42

they stuck an endoscope down my throat,care;

He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross,through my stomach into my intestines,

when I awake, I

and we will believe in Him.43
43“HE
TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS
43

put a needle into my pancreas and got

give my self up

IN HIM; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’
”44
44The
robbers who had been crucified with44

a few cells from the tumor. I wasto hisHim were also insulting Him with the same words.

sedated but my wife, who was there,

Direction.

45Now
from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour.46
46About
45
46

told me that when they viewed the cells

the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?”

under a microscope, the doctor started

A later version

that is, “MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?”47
47And
some of those who were standing
47

crying, because it turned out to be a

printed in The

there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”48
48Immediately
48

very rare form of pancreatic cancer

New England

one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed,that is curable with surgery. I had thePrimer goes:and gave Him a drink.49
49But
the rest of them said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come49
to save Him.”50
50And
Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.51
51And
50
51

surgery and, thankfully, I am fine now.
This was the closest I've been tofacing death, and I hope it's theclosest I get for a few more decades.
Having lived through it, I can now say
this to you with a bit more certainty
than when death was a useful but purely
intellectual concept. No one wants todie, even people who want to go to
Heaven don't want to die to get there,
and yet, death is the destination weall share. No one has ever escaped it.
And that is as it should be, because
death is very likely the single best

Now I lay me
down to sleep,
I pray the Lord
my soul tokeep,
If I shall die
before I wake,
I pray the Lord
my soul totake. Amen
24 NIV
4Jesusbehold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shookand the rocks were split.52
52The
tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had
52
fallen asleep were raised;53
53andcoming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered53
the holy city and appeared to many.54
54Now
the centurion, and those who were with him keeping
54
guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, becamevery frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Barack Obama’
Obama’s Inaugural Address

2008

So let us mark this day in remembrance of who we are and how far we have traveled.
In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled
by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river.
The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood.
At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation
ordered these words be read to the people:
11

invention of life. It's life's change answered:"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hopeagent; it clears out the old to make “ Watchoutand virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger,

way for the new. right now, the new is that

no

one

came forth to meet it."you. But someday, not too long from deceivesyou.

America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember

now, you will gradually become the old 5For many willthese timeless words; with hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, andand be cleared away. Sorry to be so comeendure what storms may come; let it be said by our children's children that when we wereinmydramatic, but it's quite true. Your name,tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter;time is limited, so don't waste it claiming, ‘ I

and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great

living someone else's life. Don't be am

gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

thetrapped by dogma, which is living with Messiah,’ andtheresultsofotherpeople's will

臨終正念、証大菩提

deceivethinking. Don't let the noise of many. 6You will

Now I lay me down to sleep,

others' opinions drown out your own

I pray the Lord my soul to keep,

hear

of

wars

inner voice, heart and intuition. They and rumors of

His Love to guard me through the night,

somehow already know what you truly

And wake me in the morning's light.

wars, but see

want to become. Everything else is to it that you
secondary.

are

not

When I was young, there was an amazing

alarmed.

Such

publication called The Whole Earththingsmust

Catalogue, which was one of the bibles

happen, but theof my generation. It was created by aend is still tofellow named Stuart Brand not far fromcome.

7Nationhere in Menlo Park, and he brought it

will

rise

to life with his poetic touch. This wasagainstin the late Sixties, before personal

nation,Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
thy angels watch me through the night,
And keep me safe till morning's light.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
If I should die before I wake,Bless me Lord my soul to take.

and12

computers and desktop publishing, so

kingdom

Now I lay me down to sleep,

it was all made with typewriters,

againstI pray the Lord my soul to keep.

scissors, and Polaroid cameras. it was

kingdom. ThereAngels watch me through the night,

sort of like Google in paperback form

will be famines

And wake me with the morning light. Amen

thirty-five years before Google cameandalong. I was idealistic, overflowing

earthquakes in

Now I lay me down to sleep,with neat tools and great notions.

variousI pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Stuart and his team put out several

places.

issuesthese are the

of

the

The

Whole

Earth

8All

Catalogue, and then when it had run its

beginningcourse, they put out a final issue. Itbirth pains.

was the mid-Seventies and I was your

11and
11

age. On the back cover of their final

false prophets

issue was a photograph of an early

will appear andmorning country road, the kind you

deceive

Guide me safely through the night,
Wake me with the morning light. Amenof
(Additional third verse)many

If I should live another day
I pray the Lord to guide mymany

might find yourself hitchhiking on if people.
you were so adventurous. Beneath were 12Because
12
thewords,

foolish."

It

"Stay
was

hungry,
their

stay

farewellmessage as they signed off. "Stayof

the increase of
wickedness,
the

love

of

hungry, stay foolish." And I have most will growalways wished that for myself, and cold, 13butthe13
now, as you graduate to begin anew, I one who stands

Don’
Don’t become anyone’anyone’s fool!

wish that for you. Stay hungry, stay firm to the end

24 NASfoolish.Thankyou all, very much.**foolish.

will be saved.
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4And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you.5
5“For many
will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.6
6“You will behearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things
must take place, but that is not yet the end.7
7“For nation will rise against nation, andkingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.8
8“But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
11“Many
false prophets will arise and will mislead many.12
12“Because
lawlessness is11
12
increased, most people’s love will grow cold.13
13“Butthe one who endures to the end,13
he will be saved.

12 顏淵問仁。子曰：「克己復禮為仁。 Yan Yuan asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "To subdue one's self
一日克己復禮，天下歸仁焉。為仁由and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one day subdue

己，而由人乎哉？」顏淵曰：「請問

himself and return to propriety, all under heaven will ascribe perfect virtue to

其目。
」子曰：
「非禮勿視，非禮勿聽， him. Is the practice of perfect virtue from a man himself, or is it from others?"
非禮勿言，非禮勿動。
」顏淵曰：
「回

Yan Yuan said, "I beg to ask the steps of that process." The Master replied,雖不敏，請事斯語矣。
」"Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to
propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement whichis contrary to propriety." Yan Yuan then said, "Though I am deficient in
intelligence and vigor, I will make it my business to practice this lesson."1 曾子曰：「吾日三省吾身：為人謀而不忠乎？與朋友交而不信乎？傳The philosopher Zeng said, "I daily examine myself on three points: whether,不習乎？」in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful; whether, inintercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere; whether I may havenot mastered and practiced the instructions of my teacher."14

19 子夏曰：「君子信而後勞其民，未信則以為厲己也；信而後諫，未信則

Zi Xia said, "The superior man, having obtained their confidence, may then

以為謗己也。
」

impose labors on his people. If he have not gained their confidence, they will
think that he is oppressing them. Having obtained the confidence of his
prince, one may then remonstrate with him. If he have not gained his
confidence, the prince will think that he is vilifying him."*25于是耶稣把他们召来，说：“你们知道，外邦人有首领压制他们，也

INV: 7As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come

有为大的管辖他们。26你们当中却

near.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,a drive out

不是这样；相反，谁想在你们当中为

demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

大，谁就该做你们的仆人；27无论

9“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10no bag谁想在你们当中为首，谁就该做你们for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

的奴仆，28就像人子来不是为了受

11Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and

人的服事，而是为了服事人，并且献stay at their house until you leave. 12As you enter the home, give it your greeting.

上自己的生命，替许多人做救赎的代

13If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace

价。”

return to you. 14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that*25耶稣把门徒们叫过来，对他们home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

说∶“你们知道，非犹太人的统治NAS:者们热衷于炫耀他们统治人民的权

hand.’8“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely

力，他们的首领们还热衷于对人民

you received, freely give.9“Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your滥用权力。26但是，在你们中间，不money belts,10or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff;

该这样。谁想在你们当中出人头地，for the worker is worthy of his support.11“And whatever city or village you enter,谁就必须做你们的仆人；27谁想在

inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city.12“As你们中间居先，谁就必须做你们的you enter the house, give it your greeting.13“If the house is worthy, give it your奴仆。28你们应该像人子一样，人blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of

7“And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at15

子来不是让人伺候他的，他来是为

peace.14“Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of

了服侍他人的，而且，为了拯救众that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

人，他还牺牲了自己的生命。”
25Jesuscalled them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles
25lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 26Not
so
26
with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your子曰：「溫故而知新，可以為師矣。
」 servant, 27and
whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28justas the Son
27
28
of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many.”The Master said, "If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as
continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others."

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