Section Three What Is Man and What Is Life1．
什麼是人？人是萬物之靈，是肉體和靈魂的結合體。肉體部分是獸，即有高度智力的獸；靈魂部分是神，即宇宙的形式。人的物質生活接近獸，精神生活接近神。人有物質（肉體）生命和精神（靈魂）生命，前者終有一死，後者永世長存。人是群居的，有其社會屬性；人有七情六欲，有其自然屬性。但是人的最大特點是具有自由意誌，能采取行動改變自己的處境和命運，在這個意義上，人是自己命運的主人，人接近神。
1．What is man？ Man is the wisest of all creatures， the integration of living body and soul. The partof living body is an animal， i.e. a highly intelligent animal. The part of soul is God， i.e. the The Form of theUniverse. Man’s material life is close to animal while spiritual life is close to God. Man has physical (body)life and moral (soul) life. The former is mortal while the latter is immortal. Man is living in groups and hashis social attributes. Man has the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures， consequently has his naturalattributes. But Man’s most outstanding characteristic is that Man has free will and can take action in changeof one’s condition and fate. In this sense， Man is the master of his own fate and Man is close to God.
2．什麼是受過教育的人？受過教育的人應知道物的世界，應理解人的世界，應參與思想的世界，應享受感情的世界。
2．What is the educated man？ The educated man is one who knows of the world of things， understandsthe world of people， participates in the world of thought and enjoys the world of feeling.