蒙學漢文初階 - 第一課 Beginning Literary Chinese Entry Level - Lesson 1 From a very unlikely source, a Korean book for learning literary Chinese and also a great way to practise my translation! I have to thank Kuiwon (歸源) for this. http://kuiwon.wordpress.com/ This is mainly for Chinese learning English. So I am skipping all the commentaries and footnotes. For those interested, you can find them in my blog. 天地之間, Between Heaven and Earth, 有人焉, where there is man, 有萬物焉. and a myriad things. 萬物之眾, Within these multitudes, 最貴者, those who are deemed the most precious, 以其有 are those that possess 五倫也 the Five Relationships. Between Heaven and earth where man had come from; where a myriad of things had sprung forth, the most precious of all these are those that posses the [knowledge of the ] Five Relationships.