今有人日攘其邻之鸡者，或告之曰：“是非君子之道。”曰：“请损之，月攘一鸡，以待来年然后已。”
如知其非义，斯速已矣，何待来年？
白话翻译：
有个人每天偷他邻居的鸡，有人对他说：“这不是君子的行为。”那个人说：“我先少偷一点，每月偷一只，等到明年再完全改正。”
如果知道这样做不符合道义，就要赶快改正，为什么要等到明年呢?
Once a Month
Now there was a man who stole a chicken from his neighbour every day.
“ This is not the way a man of moral principles shoud behave,” he was told.
“ Well, then I’ll reduce the number,” he replied, “I’ll steal one every month and next year I won’t steal any more.”
Since he knew he was doing something wrong, he ought to stop at once. Why wait till next year?
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