《山月记》里有一段话 我深知自己并非美玉 故而不敢加以刻苦琢磨 却又担心自己是块美玉 故有不肯庸庸碌碌与瓦砾为伍

《山月记》里有一段话
There is a passage in the Book of the Mountain and the Moon
我深知自己并非美玉
I know that I am not a beautiful piece of jade
故而不敢加以刻苦琢磨
so I dare not ponder over it
却又担心自己是块美玉
but I am afraid that I am a beautiful piece of jade
故有不肯庸庸碌碌与瓦砾为伍
so I am not willing to be mediocre and live with the rubble