Monday, April 10, 2017

那些年写过的SPM华语作文

So, in the process of digging through my old stuff (as I mentioned in my few previous blogs), I found this essay I wrote back in Form 5. It was a practice essay written for Penang's Chinese SPM Trial Paper. Since it was a practice, I took an unconventional way of writing it in 古文. I am not that good at 古文, but I couldn't bear the thought of just discarding it away (since it was my first 古文essay), so here you go.



Disclaimer: I am by no means a professional in 古文, so there might be errors along the way.


责任

责,乃上古至今皆存者,无论善恶,必为之行。应毕之事,皆为责也。学者,责于书;耕者,责于田;而君者,责于天下。若责不尽,则成邦之蠹,祸害于世也。

责乃世基,若夫不尽责,破自然之律,荡也。虽世事难料,但责需尽。宋人有耕者,田中有株,兔走触株,折颈亡之。其弃耕守株,望复得兔,乃不责之举。若耕者不田,无以养足;不粜,国产降之,坏世衡也。于是乎,夫不可为外事所惑而忘于责也。

为人之道,责于己也。不责于己,事事难成;责于己,水到渠成。先知其位,方能尽其职,不知其职,则易败也。战国之士,虽有人才出,门客必有充数者矣。知己之短,却投君而食,不责不仁也。人应责于己,壮己而非堕,方为大夫。

人非圣贤,孰能无过?人过之,需认之、改之,方为处事之责。将己之过当人之过,不义也。为君子,受之而长,改之而贤。贤非一日而成,得积少成多,自古圣贤皆如此。尽责,必为人之所敬。

责限人之举,虽时有不喜,却应顺之。唯人皆尽责之时,天下太平。