大節(jié)不奪dà jié bù duóno emergency however great can drive one from his principles
? 可以托五尺之孤，可以寄百里之命，臨大節(jié)，而不可奪也，君子人與？(《論語·泰伯》) Suppose that there is an individual who can be intrusted with the charge of a young orphan prince,and can be commissioned with authority over a state of a hundred li,and whom no emergency however great can drive from his principles:—is such a man a superior man? 大節(jié)不奪dà jié bù duó節(jié)：節(jié)操。形容在危險(xiǎn)面前，能堅(jiān)守節(jié)操。stick to one’s moral integrity in the danger, firm in one’s honor |