我不識何等為君子,
但看每事肯吃虧的便是;
我不識何等為小人,
但看每事好便宜的便是。
──選自《弘一大師全集》
總監修/星雲大師
文/演音弘一(1880~1942)
我不識何等為君子,
但看每事肯吃虧的便是;
我不識何等為小人,
但看每事好便宜的便是。
──選自《弘一大師全集》
Gentleman and the Villain
Yanyin Hongyi (1880 - 1942)
English translation:John Balcom
(ed. John Gill & Susan Tidwell)
I do not know what it means to be
a gentleman,
But see that he is the one that receives
the least.
I do not know what it means to be
a base person,
But see that he likes to profit at
the expense of others.
── from Hongyi Dashi Quanji
(The Complete Works of Master Hongyi)