In a moral sense,there is an essential di erence between“disciplining oneself”and“disciplining others”in that the former means one setting rules for and giving orders to oneself in regard to one’s own conduct,whi...In a moral sense,there is an essential di erence between“disciplining oneself”and“disciplining others”in that the former means one setting rules for and giving orders to oneself in regard to one’s own conduct,which are unconditionally compulsory,while the latter is exible in the sense that one’s rules and orders for oneself are not compulsory to others and cannot prohibit others from doing something.In principle,Confucius’s sayings,“do not impose upon others that which you would not wish for yourself”and“establish others in seeking to establish yourself and promote others in s eeking to promote yourself”have epitomized the line of demarcation between them.His doctrine of“not imposing upon others that which you would not wish for yourself,”though based on self-preservation and self-interest,represents a standard of conduct of highly universal value.If the overwhelming majority of a society follows it as their standard of conduct,refraining from harming others in order to protect oneself from harm,then the whole society will endure little,if not no,strife and struggle.展开更多
In recent 30 years, some Chinese scholars have focused their researches on Nord＇s Function plus Loyalty Theory. And Loyalty Principle has been warmly praised as well as severely criticized by scholars in the field of...In recent 30 years, some Chinese scholars have focused their researches on Nord＇s Function plus Loyalty Theory. And Loyalty Principle has been warmly praised as well as severely criticized by scholars in the field of translation. In this paper, the author first states the definition, connotation, rationalities and limitations of this principle and introduces the main remarks it has received in western countries. Then, three positive remarks from BIAN Jian-hua, CHEN Xiao-wei and WU Wen-an and three negative ones from ZHU Jian-ping, ZHANG Nan-feng and ZHANG Mei-fang are spread out. Finally, the author respectively brings forth her own different point of view on the three negative remarks from the above three. This paper attempts to reassure the rationalities, practical value and great significance of Nord＇s Loyalty Principle and encourage people to treat it in an objective way.展开更多
文摘In a moral sense,there is an essential di erence between“disciplining oneself”and“disciplining others”in that the former means one setting rules for and giving orders to oneself in regard to one’s own conduct,which are unconditionally compulsory,while the latter is exible in the sense that one’s rules and orders for oneself are not compulsory to others and cannot prohibit others from doing something.In principle,Confucius’s sayings,“do not impose upon others that which you would not wish for yourself”and“establish others in seeking to establish yourself and promote others in s eeking to promote yourself”have epitomized the line of demarcation between them.His doctrine of“not imposing upon others that which you would not wish for yourself,”though based on self-preservation and self-interest,represents a standard of conduct of highly universal value.If the overwhelming majority of a society follows it as their standard of conduct,refraining from harming others in order to protect oneself from harm,then the whole society will endure little,if not no,strife and struggle.
文摘In recent 30 years, some Chinese scholars have focused their researches on Nord＇s Function plus Loyalty Theory. And Loyalty Principle has been warmly praised as well as severely criticized by scholars in the field of translation. In this paper, the author first states the definition, connotation, rationalities and limitations of this principle and introduces the main remarks it has received in western countries. Then, three positive remarks from BIAN Jian-hua, CHEN Xiao-wei and WU Wen-an and three negative ones from ZHU Jian-ping, ZHANG Nan-feng and ZHANG Mei-fang are spread out. Finally, the author respectively brings forth her own different point of view on the three negative remarks from the above three. This paper attempts to reassure the rationalities, practical value and great significance of Nord＇s Loyalty Principle and encourage people to treat it in an objective way.
