知死必勇，非死者难也，处死者难。方蔺相如引璧睨柱，及叱秦王左右，势不过诛；然士或怯懦而不敢发。相如一奋其气，威信敌国，退而让颇，名重太山，其处智勇，可谓兼之矣。
Courage
(excerpt)
He who will face death at the
call of duty must necessarily be brave. There is no difficulty in merely dying:
the difficulty lies in dying at fitting junctures only. When Hsiang-ju carried
in the jewel, and with haughty gesture cursed right and left of the Prince of
Ch’in, death was the worst he had to fear; yet few would have been bold enough
to act as he did. His courageous attitude commanded the admiration even of an
enemy; and when on his return he forbore to risk death in a wrong cause, he
gained for himself a name which shall endure for ever. Verily, wisdom and
courage were well combined in that man!
（Herbert A. Giles 译） |
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