汉英对照《增广贤文》（80-100）

吴宫花草埋幽径，
晋代衣冠成古丘。
功名富贵若长在，
汉水亦应西北流。
青冢草深，
万念尽同灰冷；
黄梁梦觉，
一身都似浮云。

Eminent people of the Jin dynasty
Have gone to their tombs,
Grand palaces of the Wu State
Have been buried under deserted roads.
If honour and wealth could exist for ever,
Rivers would flow in the opposite direction.
Grassy graves make all your wishes
Drop like deadly dust,
Beautiful illusions make all your life
Like a cloud that constant floats.

人平不语，
水平不流。
便宜莫买，
浪荡莫收。
不以我为德，
反以我为仇。
有花方酌酒，
无月不登楼。
人有三句硬话，
树有三尺绵头。
一家养女百家求，
一马不行百马忧。
深山毕竟藏猛虎，
大海终须纳细流。
到此如穷千里目，
谁知才上一层楼。
欲知世事须尝胆，
会尽人情暗点头。
受恩深处宜先退，
得意浓时便可休。
莫待是非来入耳，
从前恩爱反为仇。

A good-tempered person does not grumble,
Flat water does not flow.
Neither take profits unfair
Nor entertain people who loaf.
Good is sometimes not rewarded with good,
But rewarded with evil.
Drinking wine when there are flowers is right,
Climbing a tower without the moon is not wise.
Every person has at least one forceful remark,
No tree is hard in every inch of its bark.
A grown-up girl of one family
Makes many families follow,
A leading horse that stops at a crossroads
Makes all other horses ignorant of where to go.
Mountains are where tigers dwell,
To seas rivers all flow.
When you get a far view,
You must know your vantage point is still low.
You can establish favourable social relations,
If you keep good-mannered and taciturn
In dealing with people;
To succeed in anything, you must toil.
Make a retreat when you are deeply favoured,
Make a stop when you are highly admired.
Prevent rights and wrongs
From getting into your ears,
Which can only make intimate friends hostile.