Three-Character Classic st.5-8, attrib. Wang Yinglin

5.
To rear but not to teach,
The father is at fault.
To teach but not be strict,
Is teacher negligence.

养不教
父之过
教不严
师之惰

6.
A child who doesn’t study
Is not appropriate.
A youth who isn’t learning
Grows up into what?

子不学
非所宜
幼不学
老何为

7.
Jade that isn’t polished
Cannot become a vessel—
So men who do not study
Cannot know what’s righteous.

玉不琢
不成器
人不学
不知义

8.
While the son of a man
Still remains a youngster,
He loves his friends and teachers
And practices the rites.

为人子
方少时
亲师友
习礼仪

—L.