君子一言(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
君子一言
after the battle of heraclea, the famous roman soldier fabricius came to king pyrrhus' camp to ask for the release of the roman prisoner. pyrrhus admired fabricius and invited him to be his chief of staff. fabricius replied: "that will not be to your advantage. once you men get to know me, they will choose me over you."

pyrrhus did not explode in a tyrannic tantrum. on the contrary, among his friends he commended fabricius. he entrusted fabricius with all the roman prisoners, who were given leave to return to rome for the saturnalia. fabricius guaranteed to bring them back to captivity if the roman senate still wanted war rather than peace after the holidays.


eventually, all the romans returned, as fabricius had promised.

赫拉克利亚战役后，罗马着名军人法布里丘斯来到皮拉斯王的军营，要求释放被俘罗马将士。皮拉斯对法布里丘斯十分景仰，邀请法布里丘斯做他的参谋长。法布里丘斯回答：「这对你没有好处。你的手下一旦认识了我，就会选择追随我而舍弃你。」

皮拉斯没有像暴君一样大发雷霆，反而在朋友之间称许法布里丘斯。他把被俘罗马将士全部交给法布里丘斯，容许他们回罗马过农神节。法布里丘斯保证，农神节假期之后，假如罗马元老院仍然主战不主和，他会把这些战俘送还。

最后，正如法布里丘斯所说，那些战俘都回到皮拉斯营中。

【附注】tantrum是「脾气大发」；to fly into a tantrum 或 to throw a tantrum 都 是 「 大 发 脾 气 」 的 意 思 。