与人 To My Friend 魏裔介
于人有福则悦幸,有祸则恨叹;彼福未必增,祸未必去也,而德之者至矣。于人有祸则悦幸,有福则恨叹;彼祸未必增,福亦未必去也,而怨之者至矣。戒哉!
If you feel happy for other people’s fortune and sigh with regret for their mishap, you will not increase the one or eliminate the other, yet they are sure to be grateful to you. By the same token, if you feel happy for other people’s mishap, and sigh with regret for their fortune, you will likewise not increase the one or eliminate the other, yet they are sure to be resentful to you. Take care of this!
魏裔介 (1615 – 1686), born in Boxiang of Hebei Province, was a scholar and official at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.
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