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| Scope: Provincial Graduate Wang meets a fellow candidate in a village school. Zhou Meng passes the examination in his old age Request type: Paragraph |
| Condition 1: Contains text "人生世上難得的是這碗現成飯只管稂不稂莠不莠的到幾時" Matched:1. |
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《王孝廉村学识同科 周蒙师暮年登上第 - Provincial Graduate Wang meets a fellow candidate in a village school. Zhou Meng passes the examination in his old age》 | Library Resources |
| 35 | 王孝廉村... : | 那年却失了馆，在家日食艰难。一日，他姊丈金有馀来看他，劝道：“老舅，莫怪我说你。这读书求功名的事，料想也是难了。人生世上，难得的是这碗现成饭，只管‘稂不稂莠不莠’的到几时？我如今同了几个大本钱的人到省城去买卖，差一个记帐的人，你不如同我们去走走。你又孤身一人，在客夥内，还是少了你吃的，穿的？”周进听了这话，自己想：“‘瘫子掉在井里，捞起也是坐。’有甚亏负我？”随即应允了。 |
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Having lost his job, Zhou Jin went home. He was extremely hard up. One day his brother-in-law, Jin You-yu, came to see him and said, “Don't take offence at what I say, brother. But all this study doesn't seem to be getting you anywhere, and a bad job is better than none. How long can you go on like this — neither fish, flesh nor fowl? I am going to the provincial capital with some other merchants to buy goods, and we need someone to keep accounts. Why don't you come with us? You are all on your own, and in our group you won't want for food or clothes.” “Even if a paralytic falls into a well, he can be no worse off than before,” thought Zhou Jin. “It can't hurt me to go.” So he consented. |
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