译文:从前有一个每天都要偷邻居家一只鸡的人。有人劝告他说:“这不是行为端正、品德高尚的人所拥有的道德。”他回答说:“那就让我减少这种行为吧,(以后)每个月偷一只鸡,等到明年我就不偷了。”如果知道偷鸡不对,就应该马上改正,为什么还要等到明年呢。
《古代寓言·偷鸡的人》
今有人,日攘邻之鸡者。
或告之曰:“是非君子之道。”
曰:“请损之,月攘一鸡。以待来年,然后已。”
如知其非义,斯速已矣,何待来年?
——《孟子》
The Chicken Thief
There was a man who used to steal a chicken from his neighbours every day.
"It is wrong to steal," someone told him.
"I'll cut down on it," promised the chicken thief. "I shall steal one chicken a month from now on, and stop altogether next year."
Since he knew he was wrong, he ought to have stopped at once. Why wait for another year?
Mencius
《诗歌翻译:孟子-《古代寓言·偷鸡的人》英文译文》
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