A Workman Must First Sharpen His Tools If He Is To Do His Work Well

◎供稿：龍 菲

常言說得好：“磨刀不誤砍柴工。”工匠在做工前打磨好工具，操作起來就會得心應手，就可以達到事半功倍的效果。思想品德修養也是一樣。選擇與品德高尚的人交往，與他們交朋友，受他們的熏陶、潛移默化，自己的思想境界和道德修養也會在無形中得到提升。

“A workman must first sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well.” It comes fromThe Analects of Confucius.Confucius told Zi Gong that a man who makes a handcraft or1)craft [krɑ?ft] n.工藝；手藝craft should first get his tools ready if he wants to finish his work and do it well.So what tools does2)benevolent [b??nev?l?nt] adj.仁慈的；樂善好施的benevolent rule use? Live in this country，if you want to contribute to this country，you need to make friends with all the worthies of this country and society.In other words，it is necessary to know the inside story of the country and have good relations before you can get the opportunity to make a contribution and3)fulfill [f?l'f?l] v.履行；實現fulfill the4)purpose [?p??p?s] n.目的purpose of benevolence.

“工欲善其事，必先利其器。”這句話出自《論語》。孔子告訴子貢，一個做手工或工藝的人，要想把工作完成并做得很好，應該先把工具準備好。那么，“為仁”是用什么工具呢？住在這個國家，想對這個國家有所貢獻，必須和這個國家和社會上各種賢達的人都交成朋友。換句話說，就是要先了解這個國家的內情，擁有良好的人際關系，然后才能得到有所貢獻的機會，實現“為仁”的目的。

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To become a benevolent，you should know the ________ of the country and have ________ first.

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