第五辑 生命教育 Volume 5: Life Education
中国周朝的贵族教育体系，开始于公元前1046年的周王朝，周王官学要求学生掌握六种基本才能：礼、乐、射、御、书、数。
The aristocratic education system of the Zhou Dynasty in ancient China began around 1046 B.C. The Zhou royal court required students to master six fundamental skills: ritual, music, archery, charioteering, writing, and mathematics.
礼，包括古代的各种礼仪，很多，现代是指各种礼仪和礼节。
Ritual: This includes various ancient rituals; in modern times, it refers to various etiquettes and protocols.
乐，是指音乐，还有和音乐相关的各种艺术。
Music: This refers to music and various arts related to music.
射，射箭。古代的人可能要捕猎，还有打仗，所以这个也是很重要的技能。
Archery: This refers to arrow shooting. In ancient times, this skill was important for hunting and warfare.
御，驾驭，无论是古代和现代，都包含各种交通工具的驾驭、驾驶学；御，还有一些领导的驾驭学，包含着运筹学、管理学等方面的内容。
Charioteering: Whether in ancient or modern times, this encompasses the skills of driving various vehicles, as well as leadership skills such as strategy and management.
书，主要是指语文和书法，就是学字、认字，要认识字及其含义；还有书法，怎么写。我们现在主要指语文，就是掌握文字的运用能力。
Writing: This primarily refers to language, involving understanding characters and their meanings, as well as calligraphy. Nowadays, it primarily refers to language skills.
数，是数学，现在又延伸为“数理化”了，现代自然科学都包含在里面。
Mathematics: This has been expanded to "mathematics, physics, and chemistry" now, encompassing all modern natural sciences.
六艺，包含了我们现代教育的所有的方方面面，只不过现代教育在六艺方面都有很大的发展和延伸，但其本质是一样的，都属于六艺的范畴。这个要记住，都是在六艺的范畴。
The Six Arts cover various aspects of modern education. While modern education has developed and expanded significantly in the domain of the Six Arts, its essence remains the same. We should remember that modern education is rooted in the Six Arts.
夫子说：志于道，据于德，依于仁，游于艺。游于艺就是这个艺，六艺不属于道德和仁的范畴。
Confucius said: "I set my aspirations on the Way, base myself on virtue, rely on benevolence, and relax in the arts." The 'arts' here refer to the Six Arts, which don't belong to the domain of the Way, virtue, and benevolence.
现在的人对于志于道和据于德都不知道说的什么意思，也不知道是要干什么；依于仁，也只是停留在口头上，当然，也有极少数的人在践行。
Nowadays, many people don't understand what it means to "set aspirations on the Way" and "base on virtue". As for "relying on benevolence", they merely take it as lip service, with only very few people putting it into practice.
整个社会都沉溺在六艺之中，所以，不叫游于艺，而是“溺于艺”。“游于艺”是在道德仁义的基础上是游刃有余的，是能够驾驭六艺的；而“溺于艺”的意思就是没有道德仁义的六艺，只是为了名和利、为了赚钱，怎么赚钱怎么来，怎么出名怎么搞，一切都是为了创造经济价值、还有GDP。
The entire society is immersed in the Six Arts, so it is not called "relaxing in the arts" but rather "indulging in the arts." "Relaxing in the arts" means skillfully mastering the Six Arts based on virtue and benevolence, while "indulging in the arts" means pursuing the Six Arts without the foundation of virtue and benevolence, merely for fame, profit, economic value, and GDP.
我们现在的教育体制也只是教六艺，学习了很多知识和技能，主要是为了生存和竞争，对于道和德、还有仁，这方面的教育几乎是没有，或者只是喊几句口号而已。
Our current education system primarily focuses on teaching the Six Arts. Students acquire a lot of knowledge and skills, mainly for survival and competition. However, there is almost no education on the Way, virtue, and benevolence, or what they have are just a few slogans.
现在人活得太物质了，很多人活得像机器一样。一个人活在世界上，如果不去追求真、善、美，没有创造力，那活着就没有什么意义，很可怜。
Today's people are too materialistic; many live like machines. If one doesn't pursue truth, virtue, and goodness, lacking creativity, their life is meaningless and pitiful.
现在是电脑信息时代，不需要花那么多的时间把知识都记在大脑里，知识只要了解一下就可以了，需要的时候去电脑里去查就好了。当然了，每个人还是要学习一些技能的，特别是电脑无法操作的那些技能。
Nowadays, in the computer and information technology era, there's no need to spend a lot of time memorizing knowledge. Understanding the basics is enough, and when needed, we can simply look it up on a computer. Of course, everyone should still learn some skills, especially those that computers can't do.
所以，现在的人类有大量的空闲时间可以用来学习道、德，开发智慧和潜能。
So, people today have plenty of free time to study the Way and virtue, and develop wisdom and potential.
二十一世纪将是一个伟大的时代，我们一定要抓住这个机遇，去创造生命的奇迹。
The 21st century will be a great era, and we must seize this opportunity to create miracles of life.
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