《大学》英译（五）

子曰：“听讼，吾犹人也。必也使无讼乎！”无情者不得尽其辞，大畏民志。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

此谓知本，此谓知之至也。

Said Confucius: “For judging law suits I share the same position with others. What I insist upon is to make it impossible for all law suits to arise.” One should make it impossible for those with groundless charges to elaborate their quibbles, or, let great virtues prevail to cause the masses to observe laws in awe. This shows the grasping of the fundamentals.

This shows the grasping of the fundamentals, and this shows the reaching of the peak of knowledge.