非其道

非其道，则一箪食不可受于人； 如其道，则舜受尧之天下，不以为泰。

志士不忘在沟壑，勇士不忘丧其元。

--《孟子-滕文公下》 【註】

I Would Not Accept

东山 译

One should not accept a single meal if it is not offered with good intention. It was not out of line even for Shun to take over the Kingdom from Yao  because he did in accordance with the right principium .

Patriots do not care to have his corpse discarded in the wilderness; and warriors are willing to sacrifice their lives for justice.

--《Mencius: Tengwen Gong, Book 2》

【註】見“孟子語錄”篇【註】。

（原载《海外南开人》94期，06/19/2015）