持四善 (chi  si  shan)

To hold – Four – Righteousnesses

 

n           善修其身(shan  xiu  qi  shen)

perfectly – mend/ repair – one’s – body

̃ To repair one’s body till perfection

n           善正其心 (shan  zheng  qi  xin)

perfectly – locate centrally– one’s – heart

̃ To rectify one’s heart or intention till perfection

n           善慎其行 (shan  shen  qi  xing)

perfectly/ well – be cautious – one’s – behaviour

̃ To be well cautious of one’s behaviour

n           善守其德 (shan  shou  qi  de)

perfectly/ well – observe/ defend – one’s – virtues

̃ To defend one’s virtues well.

 


 

懍十戒 (lin  shi  jie)

be awed by – ten – commandments/ abstentions ̃

Ten abstentions to be respectfully observed

 

n        戒好鬥 (jie   hao  dou)

to abstain from- being fond of – to fight

̃ To abstain from being combative and agonistic

n        戒好勝 (jie  hao  sheng)

to abstain from – being fond of – to win

̃ To abstain from the desire of winning the others

n        戒好名 (jie  hao  ming)

to abstain from – being fond of – name

̃ To abstain from wanting to be famous

n        戒好利 (jie  hao  li)

to abstain from – being fond of – advantages/ profits

̃ To abstain from the desire of benefits and advantages

n        戒浮誇 (jie  fu  kua)

to abstain from – to drift – to boast

̃ To abstain from being boastful and vainglorious

n        戒驕 (jie  jiao)

to abstain from – snobbish/ arrogant

̃ To abstain from being arrogant

n        戒作 (jie  zuo)

to abstain from – to compose / to pretend

̃ To abstain from being pretentious

 

 

 

n        戒弄虛作假 (jie  nong  xu  zuo  jia)

to abstain from – to make - abstracts/ emptiness – to compose - fakes

̃ To abstain from playing dishonest tricks and resorting to deceit

n        戒挑撥離間 (jie  tiao  bo  li  jian)

to abstain from – to arouse – to sir – to separate – to divide

̃ To abstain from sowing discords and alienating one person from another

n        戒為非作歹 (jie  wei  fei  zuo  dai)

to abstain from – to do – wrong – to compose – evil/ bad

̃ To abstain from committing crimes and evil deeds

 

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