Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?

我转念观看智慧、狂妄，和愚昧。在王以后而来的人还能做什么呢？也不过行早先所行的就是了。

我转而回顾智慧、狂妄和愚昧。在王以后来的人又如何呢？不过做先前所做的就是了。

我转而回顾智慧、狂妄和愚昧。在王以后来的人又如何呢？不过做先前所做的就是了。

于是，我转念思考什么是智慧、狂妄和愚昧。其实以后接替君王的人除了重演历史之外，还能做什么呢？

我转过来观察智慧、狂妄和愚昧。王的继承人还能作什么呢？只不过作先前作过的罢了。

我转眼去看智慧、狂妄和愚昧。那在王之后来的人，到底能做什么呢？不过是先前所做过的而已。

我轉念觀看智慧、狂妄，和愚昧。在王以後而來的人還能做甚麼呢？也不過行早先所行的就是了。

我轉而回顧智慧、狂妄和愚昧。在王以後來的人又如何呢？不過做先前所做的就是了。

我轉而回顧智慧、狂妄和愚昧。在王以後來的人又如何呢？不過做先前所做的就是了。

於是，我轉念思考什麼是智慧、狂妄和愚昧。其實以後接替君王的人除了重演歷史之外，還能做什麼呢？

我轉過來觀察智慧、狂妄和愚昧。王的繼承人還能作甚麼呢？只不過作先前作過的罷了。

我轉而觀看智慧、狂妄、和愚昧；啊，在王以後來的人還能作甚麼呢？也不過行早先行過的就是了。

我轉眼去看智慧、狂妄和愚昧。那在王之後來的人，到底能做什麼呢？不過是先前所做過的而已。

我轉觀智慧、狂妄愚蒙、後乎王而至者、將何能為、僅循所曾為者而為之耳、

我為君足以致此、豈他人所能及哉、我察智愚。

我轉觀智慧、狂妄、癡頑、我既為王、後我而來者能行何事乎、不過行所已行者、

I decided to think about wisdom. I also thought about foolish pleasure. What more can a new king do? Can he do anything more than others have already done?

So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness( for who can do this better than I, the king?).

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the king’s successor be like? He will do what has already been done.

So I turned to consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except what has already been done?

Then I turned myself to consider wisdom and madness and folly; For what can the man do who succeeds the king?— Only what he has already done.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what[ can] the man[ do] that cometh after the king?[ even] that which hath been already done.

Next, I decided to consider wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. For what more can the king’s successor do than what the king has already done?

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Is there anything of which one can say,“ Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.