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12.13
子曰:“听讼,吾犹人也。必也使无讼乎?”
The Master said, “In hearing litigations, I am
like any other body. What is necessary, however, is
to cause the people to have no litigations.”
【译文】孔子说:“听讼判案,我和别人差不多。
能不能一定让人们没有诉讼呢?”
【解读】这话应是孔子做鲁国大司寇,处理刑
狱案件时所言。孔子的本意是,大大减少诉
讼乃至无诉讼。要实现这一良好愿望,只有
通过道德教化,教育人们遵道德,守礼法,
以至无争无讼。《孔子家语·相鲁》记载:
“孔子初仕,为中都宰。制为养生送死之节。
长幼异食,强弱异任,男女别涂;路无拾遗,
器不雕伪。……由司空为鲁大司寇,设法而
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