wu
xian
hai
不能够
亲近
有道德
没有止境、不可估计
害处
don”t
to draw near
humane
unlimited, immeasurable
harm
如果不亲近有仁德的人，那将带给我们多么大的害处。
To not follow the truly humane will bring immeasurable harm.
小
人
进
，
百
事
坏
xiao
ren
jin
bai
shi
huai
没有品德的人
向前接近
每件事情
败坏
petty people
to come forward
hundred matters (everything)
to be ruined
小人会围拢上来，各种事情也就败坏了。
Unworthy people come forward; everything will be ruined.
前面说到唐太宗有个贤德的长孙皇后，还有个直言敢谏的诤臣魏征。长孙皇后不但贤德守礼，学问也非常好，但是她却从不因自己的才学而骄矜炫耀，或越礼干政；更不曾以自己的地位，而奢侈浮华，或妒害嫔妃。
Earlier we mentioned that Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty had an honorable queen, Zhang Sun, as well as a blunt and loyal minister, Wei Zheng. Not only was Queen Zhang Sun virtuous and respectable, but she was very knowledgeable too. However, she never flaunted her talent out of arrogance or improperly interfered with politics. Furthermore, she never used her position to indulge in extravagances or covetously harm the emperor”s concubines.
长孙皇后娴静寡言，直到她死后，唐太宗才在她的遗物中，发现了长孙皇后亲笔写的《女则》，不禁感念涕下。为什么呢？因为这部作品，博征今古典型，条列贤善仪规，不唯文字简炼，更是义理分明。长孙皇后写这《女则》，生前并无人知，可见她并非写来卖弄文笔，或者希求称誉的；这纯是她一生默默修持道德和履行礼仪的经验结晶。
Queen Zhang Sun was so modest and laconic that Emperor Taizong did not discover the queen”s Guide for Womenamong her mementos until her death. The emperor couldn”t help but become emotional over this discovery. Why
This work had collected past and present female role models and compiled imperatives encouraging kindness. The handbook was succinct and lucid. During her lifetime, no one knew that Queen Zhang Sun had written this Guide for Women; therefore we know that she didn”t author this manual to parade her writing skill or to seek praise and reputation. This guide was strictly a product of the accumulated lessons of a woman”s life time of quiet cultivation and propriety in action.
在她以身作则，统领六宫的期间，宫中没有浪费浮夸之人，也无忌妒邪辟的事；长孙皇后的懿德嘉行真正是女人的典范。这本《女…
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