The Zen of Python

The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters 

Beautiful is better than ugly. 美胜丑 
Explicit is better than implicit. 明胜暗 
Simple is better than complex. 简胜复 
Complex is better than complicated. 复胜杂 
Flat is better than nested. 浅胜深 
Sparse is better than dense. 疏胜密 
Readability counts. 辞达意 
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. 不逾矩 
Although practicality beats purity. 弃至清 
Errors should never pass silently. 无阴差 
Unless explicitly silenced. 有阳错 
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. 拒疑数 
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it. 求完一 
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch. 虽不至，向往之 
Now is better than never. 敏于行 
Although never is often better than *right* now. 戒莽撞 
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea. 差难言 
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. 好易说 
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! 每师出，多有名