I am deeply afraid that I am originally not a find jade that can be cultivated to be a talent. Therefore I dare not temper and steel myself assiduously.
我深怕自己本非美玉,故而不敢加以刻苦琢磨,
But I also half believe and half doubt that I may be a find jade. So I don’t want to be a mediocre person, and nor do I want to associate with a motley crowd which are like disorderly and useless debris.
卻又半信自己是塊美玉,故又不肯庸庸碌碌,與瓦礫爲伍。
比上不足比下有餘,清醒的認識到自己並不天賦異稟,認識到自己也不愚鈍不堪,只是中人之資質,但這天賦的天花板卻也沒達到。
庸庸碌碌的人啊,不甘平凡卻又沒有過人的天賦和毅力,不過是人海中的平凡人。