2010年研究生入學考試英語作文大預測(二)

　　精神空虛(the void spirit/ A lot of people who commit suicide are result from their void spirit. there is a spiritual void in China. Establish and implement the scientific view of development and push forward the coordinated development between socialist material civilization, political civilization and spiritual civilization.)

　　傳統(tǒng)美德(traditional virtue/ For decades, we have made more criticism than inheritance of our own traditional culture and more negative than confirmative. We should certainly learn from the West, but it is of equal importance that we retain virtues of our own. The Confucian Tradition(The Three Essential Confucian Values: I. Filial Piety II. Humaneness III. Respect for Ritual)

　　鋪張浪費(extravagance and waste/勤儉節(jié)約industry and economy/ The Chinese government, therefore, is promoting the concept of a thrifty society and frugal economy as a matter of urgency. Chinese laws and regulations concerning energy conservation currently in operation leave a lot to be desired.)

　　傳統(tǒng)倫理(The traditional ethical requirements /

　　The traditional ethical requirements same with the basic principles:

　　1. WHAT YOU DO NOT WISH DONE TO YOURSELF, DO NOT DO TO OTHERS.

　　1) In its negative form:

　　"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire".

　　"Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you."(己所不欲，勿施于人).

　　2) Although it is argued to be too much pushing one's own way to others, the positive form of the requirement is found in many classics:

　　"Do to others what you wish others do to you" (欲人施諸己，亦施于人).

　　"A benevolent man helps others to take their stand in that he himself wishes to take his stand, and gets others there in that he himself wishes to get there" (己欲立而立人，己欲達而達人).

　　2. EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD BE TREATED HUMANLY.

　　"To do humanly is to be human" (仁者人也)

　　"'Benevolence' means loving your fellow men" (仁者愛人)

　　Chinese tradition even advocates both the respect for human life and even the respect for all kinds of life, which seems to be very close to the idea of "Green Peace" and ecological criticism. These thoughts do not only seek for human peace but also for the harmony between human and nature and other creatures. And therefore, "the virtue of respecting for life" (生生之德) and "friend others and affiliate with all creatures"(民胞物與) is always taken as the great virtue in Confucian teachings and philosophy.