Chinese Rocks

The Taiwanese girl who is the descendant of Mencius made songs with the maxims of Mencius.

１）魚與熊掌不可兼得
One cannot get fish and bear's paw at the same time.



lyrics
詞：孟軻(孟子)/孟慶而
曲：孟慶而
演唱：孟慶而

Which u want to choose
Fish or bear's hand
Which u want to choose
Just to live or the rightneouness

魚兒魚兒水中游 遊上TABLE滂共共
為了嚐上你一口 什麼我都願意做
BEAR BEAR好兇猛 遇上獵人嘛某法度
熊掌盤中SAY HELLO 雖然心疼但好可口

魚 我所欲也 熊掌 亦我所欲也
兩者 不可得兼 捨魚 而取熊掌者也

人阿人阿為生活 活著才有故事說
偶而鑽進死胡同 回頭不就是出口
義阿義阿義呀悠 人在江湖義為首
見義勇為真英雄 忘恩負義是大豬頭

生 我所欲也 義 亦我所欲也
兩者 不可得兼 捨生 而取義者也

２）天將降大任於斯人也
When Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man



Lyrics
詞：孟軻(孟子)
曲：孟慶而
演唱：孟慶而
吉他：草莓樂團 吉他手Jimmy

舜發於畎畝之中，傅說舉於版築之閒，
膠鬲舉於魚鹽之中，管夷吾舉於士，
孫叔敖舉於海，百里奚舉於市。

故天將降大任於斯人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，
餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，所以動心忍性，曾益其所不能。
人恆過，然後能改；困於心，衡於慮，而後作；徵於色，發於聲，而後喻。
入則無法家拂士，出則無敵國外患者，國恆亡。
然後知生於憂患而死於安樂也。

English Translation:

Shun rose from among the channelled fields；
Fu Yue was called to office from the midst of his building frames；
Jiao Ge from his fish and salt；
Guan Yi Wu from the hands of his gaoler；
Sun Shu Ao from his hiding by the sea-shore；
and Bai Li Xi from the market-place.

Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil.
It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty.
It confounds his undertakings.
By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.
Men for the most part err, and are afterwards able to reform.
They are distressed in mind and perplexed in their thoughts, and then they arise to vigorous reformation.
When things have been evidenced in men's looks, and set forth in their words, then they understand them.
If a prince have not about his court families attached to the laws and worthy counsellors, and if abroad there are not hostile States or other external calamities, his kingdom will generally come to ruin.
From these things we see how life springs from sorrow and calamity, and death from ease and pleasure.