82riceballs Posted December 25, 2008 at 05:28 PM Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 at 05:28 PM I googled "Chinese proverbs about change" and one of the websites gave me: "All things change, and we change with them," which I really like. However, the only problem is that the website only supplies the English translation, leaving out the original Chinese. If you know the original Chinese version, could you please tell me? Thanks! Also, if you know any related proverbs 諺語 or idioms 成語, etc please let me know =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trien27 Posted December 25, 2008 at 09:56 PM Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 at 09:56 PM I don't really remember the exact words, but I believe the source of that quote is somewhere from The Book of Changes, AKA Yi Jing or I Ching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentyoung Posted December 26, 2008 at 03:20 AM Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 at 03:20 AM I googled "Chinese proverbs about change" and one of the websites gave me: "All things change, and we change with them," which I really like. However, the only problem is that the website only supplies the English translation, leaving out the original Chinese. I did find the counterpart in Chinese, but I doubt whether it’s its Chinese original. 万物皆变，吾人亦当以变应之。 http://www.google.cn/search?hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&q=%22All+things+change%2C+and+we+change+with+them%22+&btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2&meta=lr%3Dlang_zh-CN&aq=f&oq= It can be found in Moral Essays by Alexander Pope, which seems Pope quoted it from Matthias Borbonius. http://203.208.37.104/search?q=cache:4tEcdxNQzfMJ:en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Moral_Essays+%22All+things+change,+and+we+change+with+them%22Alexander+Pope&hl=zh-CN&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=cn&st_usg=ALhdy2_lp4Sd2fYYeZuzfe0CGCvT_4-YUQ Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted January 1, 2009 at 05:14 PM Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 at 05:14 PM Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis. Translation: "The times are changed, and we are changed in them." -- Cicero See: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Latin_proverbs#T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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