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Literal translation :<\/p>\n

3 – people – walking – must – have – me – teacher – thus<\/p>\n

If 3 people are walking together at least one of them is good enough to be my teacher (in some subject)<\/p>\n

I like this Proverb because it basically says that nobody has the mo<\/em>nopoly on knowledge.  This is one of those Ancient Chinese Proverbs that is supposed to keep you humble I guess.<\/p>\n

I often use it in my English class to remind the students to be quiet when other students are speaking.  Chinese students seem to have a problem of being quiet when other students are talking\/practicing English in class.  For us westerners it’s incredibly rude, but for them it’s completely normal.  I guess when they are speaking and no one else is listening they don’t care ?  Anyways I use this Ancient Chinese Proverb in an effort to get them to listen to their fellow students speaking English because they can always learn from fellow students.  It isn’t o<\/em>nly me that can help them with their English but they can also help each other.<\/p>\n

Any situation wher people can all learn from one another and help each other increase in knowledge in some way this Proverb can be used.<\/p>\n

I believe it was said by Confucious, or Kongzi, but I can’t be certain.  Feel free to correct me with a comment below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n