Page:Excellent ancient adages, together with notes on the writings of Chinese romanized in the Hokkien dialect.djvu/72

Rh 178. When there’s a wiseman, scholar is at hand, While a fuol starts, follows an ignorant.

179. If a man knows not how to read, He just resembles cow or kid.

180. A long grass sprouted amongst hemp trees, Needs no support, but straight itself with ease.

181. Male is nominated the body of seven precious, And the theme of females is the pentagerous creatures.

182. Better without an honor be, Than without a matrimony.

183. Distant journey tests a horse’s strength or power, And long service reveals a man’s character.

184. In any house Amida Budha is got, And goddess Koan-im is in every spot.

185. To love the sons is the heart of parent, And of grand-son, loved by grand-parent.

186. When you meet with sword bearer (i.e., a ruffian) you be a sword holder, You do not recite poetry to any, but verser.

187. It is easy to get one thousand gold mohurs, But hard to obtain good verses of good scholars.

188. Do not take anything easily obtained, And forthwith make it out to be’a useless gain.

189. When a man becomes a mandarin in the state, The rest of his family is framed with dotage,

190. If one day being a high mandarin, Myriads of people depend upon him.

191. Literature is an escorted capital, And wealth being for kingdom rather essential,

192. Wherever we roam all o’er the wideworld around, There will be no need of anything beyond bounds.