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  孟子曰：“古之为关也，将以御暴。今之为关也，将以为暴。”

         胡论“设关”

                       胡宗锋

奋战“疫”情，眼看年关已到。但有些地方却在设立另一个关，美名其曰：目的在于防范疫情的扩大。然而，有人却把事做过了头。在一些基层，基本的疫情防控措施，从“硬核”变成了硬来。

各地加大防控无可非议，但一些地方在执行过程中，防疫工作变成了名正言顺的“将以为暴”。

孟子曰：“古之为关也，将以御暴。今之为关也，将以为暴。”

Mencius said: “Anciently, the establishment of the frontier-gates was to guard against violence. Nowadays, it is to exercise violence.”     

孟子还曰：“徒善不足以为政，徒法不能以自行。”

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice."

子曰：“放于利而行，多怨。”

The Master said: "He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against."

而《礼记·王制》 中则曰：“古者：公田，藉而不税。市，廛而不税; 关，讥而不征。” 

Anciently, the public fields were cultivated by the united labours of the farmers around them, from the produce of whose private fields nothing was levied. A rent was charged for the stances in the marketplaces, but wares were not taxed. Travelers were examined at the different passes, but no duties were levied from them.

在有些人眼里，防疫和抗疫似乎变成了一种表演，所以在此恳切希望那些为了防疫而表演防疫的人，对待自己的乡亲，要有君子之心，因为我们的先人还说过下面的话：

孟子曰：“君子所以异于人者，以其存心也。君子以仁存心，以礼存心。仁者爱人，有礼者敬人。爱人者人恒爱之，敬人者人恒敬之。”

Mencius said: “That whereby the superior man is distinguished from other men is what he preserves in his heart - namely, benevolence and propriety. The benevolent man loves others. The man of propriety shows respect to others. He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.”

                        ——以上引文均为James Legge 英译

本文由胡宗锋教授整理 

胡宗锋，现任民建中央文化委员会委员，中国翻译协会理事，陕西省翻译协会主席，第十二届西安市政协委员，陕西省斯诺研究中心主任，陕西省外国文学学会副会长，太阳成集团tyc9728外语学院教授、博士生导师、院长。