| 子曰:「十室之邑,必有忠信如丘者焉,不如丘之好学也。」 |
| Confucius said: "In a hamlet of ten families there must be someone as loyal and trustworthy as I. But I doubt there will be someone as fond of study." |
| 在我们的故乡，据最近调查统计，全邑人口，共有六十九万左右，被抛弃在外的，就有七万六千余人。 |
| In our native land, according to the latest census, the whole county has a population of 690,000, more or less. Those who have left the county number about 76,000. |
| 复令天下郡邑立钟、鼓楼，置铜壶，以窥天地四时气候之运转，敬天勤民。” |
| Observatories are set up to observe the astronomical phenomena and the calendar is issued to teach people to know the time. |
| 你们必攻破一切坚城美邑，砍伐各种佳树，塞住一切水泉，用石头糟踏一切美田。 |
| "and you are to put every walled town to destruction, cutting down every good tree, and stopping up every water-spring, and making all the good land rough with stones." |
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