Translation by Chen Yu and The Gentleman on the Beam .

Translation: Chen Shi.

He is a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty and is kind and loving. There was a famine that year, and the people went hungry. There was a thief who entered his house at night and hid on a beam.

Chen Shi saw him secretly, so he got up and tidied up his clothes, called his children and grandchildren to get up, and taught them with a serious expression: "People can't help but be diligent, and the nature of people who are not kind is not necessarily bad, but they are contaminated with bad habits, and they become like this." ”

The children and grandchildren said, "Who is such a man?" Chen Shi pointed to the thief on the beam and said

It's the gentleman on the beam. The thief was so surprised that he jumped off the ground and kowtowed and confessed. Chen Shi slowly enlightened him and said

Judging by your appearance, you don't look like a bad person, you should reflect on yourself and do good deeds. Chen Shi knew that he was very poor, so he asked people to give him two silks. Since then, there have been no more thieves in the entire county.

From: "Book of the Later Han Dynasty".

Original text: Chen Shi, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is also benevolent. When the people were hungry and discouraged, some thieves entered his room at night and perched on the beams.

Seeing it, Shiyin put up his clothes, called for his descendants, and trained him, saying: "Madame must not encourage herself." Those who are not good may not be evil, and they will become accustomed to nature, and then they will die.

Children and grandchildren said, "Who is it? The real point is that the thief on the beam said: "The gentleman on the beam."

It's the same! "The thief was frightened, threw himself to the ground, and blamed himself. Yu Xu said: "Look at the appearance of the king, not like the wicked, it is advisable to deeply deny yourself and oppose the good." "However, it should be caused by poverty, so that there are two horses of silk. Since it is a county, there is no more theft.

Translation: Chen Shi is a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty and is benevolent and loving. At that time, the harvest was not good, the people did not harvest, and one night the thief entered Chen Yu's house and hid on the beams of the house.

Chen Yu secretly found out, so he got up to straighten his clothes, let his children and grandchildren gather together, and admonished them: "People can't help but encourage themselves. People who are not good are not necessarily bad by nature, and (bad) habits are often formed by (not paying attention to) character cultivation, so that it has reached such a point.

The gentleman on the beam is such a person! ”

The thief was so frightened that he jumped from the beam of the house to the ground, knelt on the ground, and sincerely confessed his sin. Chen Yu slowly told him: "Judging by your appearance, you don't look like a bad person, you should restrain yourself and return to the right path."

However, your behavior should be caused by poverty. As a result, he also gave two silk horses to the thief. Since then, there have been no more thieves in the county.

When others make mistakes, we should not blindly criticize. We need to give each other the opportunity to self-reflect. More importantly, we must pay attention to the way and the skills of doing things and speaking, so that the other party can accept it from the heart.

Later, people called the thief "the gentleman on the beam". But now the word is just used as a synonym for a thief, a derogatory term in the true sense of the word, and there is no probationary meaning in it.

Source: "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Autobiography of Chen Yu" compiled by Fan Ye during the Southern Song Dynasty

Chen Yu is a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty and is benevolent and loving. One year there was a famine, and a thief entered his house and hid on a beam. Chen Yu secretly saw him, so he got up and put on his clothes, called his children and grandchildren to get up, and reprimanded him solemnly

People can't help but be diligent, and the nature of an unkind person is not necessarily evil, but it is only a habit that has become like this. The children and grandchildren said, "Who are you talking about?"

Chen Yu pointed to the thief on the beam and said, "It's the gentleman on the beam." The thief was so frightened that he jumped to the ground and kowtowed to make amends.

Chen Yu slowly admonished him: "Looking at your appearance, you don't look like a great evil person, you should reflect on yourself, abandon evil and follow good." Chen Yu saw that he was very poor, so he ordered two horses of silk to be given to him.

Since then, there have been no more thieves in the county.

I'm sorry I didn't help with this question, you, I hope you don't mind, and I hope you can. Live a happy life.

Do you know what Liang Shangjun means, it is a bad word, it means a person who steals things at night, and you say it so blatantly, violating people's right to reputation. You can use other words instead, why do you want to say that other people's are bad?