名人认知系列 政界精英07：Bao Shuya 鲍叔牙

Bao Shuya

鲍叔牙

In Chinese culture Bao Shuya is known mainly for his loyalty¹ to his friend,  as well as his open-mindedness and tolerant and his judgement of ability; Guan Zhong's political career and the subsequent power of the state of Qi arguably began from Bao's belief in his friend's talent, which he stood by firmly. The Shiji records a quote from Guan regarding his lifelong friend and supporter:

在中国文化中，鲍叔牙因其对朋友的忠诚、处事开明、审时度势的能力而著名。正是因为鲍叔牙对管仲才华的推崇和坚持，才有了后者的政治生涯及齐国实力的强大。《史记》曾援引了管仲形容其一生的朋友和支持者鲍叔牙的一段话:

 "When Bao and I did business together I would take more profits for myself; he did not deem me greedy,  but understood my poverty; when I came up with business ideas that incurred² losses he did not deem me foolish, but put it down to business fluctuations³. When I asked for audiences with lords thrice and was thrice rejected he did not deem me useless, but put it down to lack of opportunity; when I fled from battle thrice he did not deem me cowardly, but understood I had an ailing⁴ mother at home. When Prince Jiu was killed I was jailed and disgraced, and endured it; he did not deem me shameless, but knew I had greater ambitions. My parents gave birth to me,  but it is Bao who knows me best."

“我当初贫穷时，曾和鲍叔一起做生意，分钱财，自己多拿，鲍叔不认为我贪财，他知道我贫穷啊!我曾经替鲍叔办事，结果使他处境更难了，鲍叔不认为我愚蠢，他知道时运有利有不利。我曾经三次做官，三次被国君辞退，鲍叔不认为我没有才能，他知道我没有遇到时机。我曾经三次作战，三次逃跑，鲍叔不认为我胆怯，他知道我家里有老母亲。公子纠失败了，召忽为之而死，我却被囚受辱，鲍叔不认为我不懂得羞耻，他知道我不以小节为羞，而是以功名没有显露于天下为耻。生我的是父母，了解我的是鲍叔啊!”

1 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

2 incurred   

[医]招致的，遭受的； incur的过去式

参考例句：

• She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚，使父亲震怒。
• We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。

3 fluctuations   

波动，涨落，起伏( fluctuation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
• There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。

4 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。