2月21日

細檢平生
嚴復 ( 1854~1921 )

入我門來，總須捫心納手，細檢平生黑籍；
莫言神遠，任汝窮奸極巧，難瞞頭上青天。

──選自《嚴復集》等

February 21th

Careful Examination of One's Entire Life
Yan Fu (1854 - 1921, Qing Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

Should you wish to enter my door, you must put your hand
on your heart, and carefully examine the record of your entire
life's unwholesome conducts.

Say not that the gods are far away; you can be as treacherous
and wicked as you can, but you will never deceive heaven.

── from Yan Fu Ji (Collection of Works by Yan Fu) and others