Page 102 - 《孟子》（二）中·英对照版

?孟
子

men? Have you not read the Ritual Usages? ‘At
the capping of a young man, his father admonishes
him. At the marrying away of a young woman, her
mother admonishes her, accompanying her to the
door on her leaving, and cautioning her with these
words, “You are going to your home. You must be
respectful; you must be careful. Do not disobey your
husband.’ Thus, to look upon compliance as their
correct course is the rule for women. To dwell in
the wide house of the world, to stand in the correct
seat of the world, and to walk in the great path of
the world; when he obtains his desire for office, to
practise his principles for the good of the people; and
when that desire is disappointed, to practise them
alone; to be above the power of riches and honours
to make dissipated, of poverty and mean condition to
make swerve from principle, and of power and force
to make bend: —these characteristics constitute the
great man.”

80