“大公至正之道”——读曾巩《书魏郑公传》随感

“The Grand Impartiality and the Extreme Righteousness”——Some Random Reflections on Reading Zeng Gong’s The Commentary Colophon Written at the End of the Biographical Sketch of Lord Wei Zheng(《书魏郑公传》)

明代嘉靖年间,江苏昆山人归有光(1507—1571)与弟子们同乘骡车,风尘仆仆,进京赶考。旅途漫长,为了打发时光,归有光翻检书卷,偶然读到宋代散文家曾巩(1019—1083)的《书魏郑公传后》一文。曾巩的文字深深地打动了归有光,他痴迷地捧着书册,高声朗诵,翻来覆去地诵读了五十多遍。