----------------------- Page 1----------------------- 《幽梦影》——林语堂译（品格辑） xyer@ 白云黄鹤BBS 录入 1 《幽梦影》——林语堂译 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。 1 买了一套林语堂翻译作品集，大部分是古文，贴出来与大家分享。同时在白云黄鹤BBS 外语角和旺旺英 语论坛连载。《林语堂中英对照丛书》系列由百花文艺出版社出版。 -1- ----------------------- Page 2----------------------- 《幽梦影》——林语堂译（品格辑） xyer@ 白云黄鹤BBS 录入 （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...
