Mencius's Mother Moves Three Times

Mencius's mother moves three times to find an environment that will help her son learn well. The story shows why family guidance and surroundings matter in Chinese ideas about education.

HSK 3–4

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  1. 很久以前，有一个小男孩，名字叫孟子。

    hen3 jiu3 yi3 qian2 you3 yi1 ge4 xiao3 nan2 hai2 ming2 zi5 jiao4 meng4 zi3

    Long ago, there was a little boy named Mencius.

  2. 后来，他成为中国很有名的思想家。

    hou4 lai2 ta1 cheng2 wei2 zhong1 guo2 hen3 you3 ming2 de5 si1 xiang3 jia1

    Later, he became a very famous Chinese thinker.

  3. 可是，他小时候也只是一个普通的孩子。

    ke3 shi4 ta1 xiao3 shi2 hou5 ye3 zhi3 shi4 yi1 ge4 pu3 tong1 de5 hai2 zi5

    But when he was young, he was just an ordinary child.