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《幽梦影》——林语堂译（品格辑） 品格——之一 何谓善人？无损于世者则谓之善人；何谓恶人？有害于世者则谓之恶人。 含徵曰：尚有有害于世而反邀善人之誉。此实为好利而显为名高者，则又恶人之尤。 What is a good man? Simply one whose life is useful to the world. And a bad man is simply one whose life is harmful to others. Hanchen: There are, however, those who are harmful and yet enjoy a good reputation, and who manage to profit by a show of unselfishness. These are the worst of all. 品格——之二 无善无恶是圣人，善多恶少是贤者，善少恶多是庸人，有恶无善是小人，有善无恶是仙佛。 （冒）青若曰：昔人云，善可为而不可为。 Those beyond good and evil are sages. Those who have more good than bad in them are distinguished persons. Common men have more evil than good, and the scum and riffraff of society have no good at all. Fairies and Buddha have only good and no evil. Chinjo: An ancient one said, “One should do good, of course, but there are times when one should not. 品格——之三 昭君以和亲而显，刘蕡(fei4)以下第而传，可谓之不幸，不可谓之缺憾。 含徵曰：若故折黄雀腿而后医之，亦不可。 （注）昭君是王嫱的字，她是汉元帝宫女，以貌美而赐匈奴和亲而知名；刘蕡是唐文宗时进 士，大（太）和二年，举贤良对策，以劝帝诛灭权奸而不获取，这里没有译出来正是语堂先生所说的，需要详加解释才能使西方读者明白的事。 Some men and women left a name for posterity because they were victims of some adverse circumstances. One can say that they were most unfortunate, but I doubt that one should express regret for them. Hanchen: True enough. On the other hand, it would hardly be right to break the leg of a sparrow and then bind it up mercifully. 品格——之四 为浊富不若为清贫，以忧生不若以乐死。 （吴）野人曰：我宁愿为浊富。 竹坡曰：我愿太奢，愿为清富，焉能遂愿？ Be clean and poor rather than be filthy rich; accept death cheerily when it comes rather than be worried about life. Yehjen: I prefer to be filthy rich. Chupo: My wish is to be clean and rich. But that is hard to come by. Am I wishing too much? 品格——之五 天下唯鬼最富，生前囊无一文，死后每饶楮镪；天下唯鬼最尊，生前或受欺凌，死后必多跪拜。 野人曰：世于贫士，辄目为穷鬼，则又何也？ （陈）康畴曰：穷鬼若死则并称尊矣。 It is not bad to be a ghost. One who was penniless has a lot of paper money burnt for his benefit and one who was pushed around all his life is worshiped by people