腐化_Corruption

忠言逆耳不中聽，近朱者赤染漸增，
明知故犯壞規矩，晚節不保墮落深！

跋

一般而言，墮落有其漸趨腐化之程序。始於不受規諫，親近邪佞，習染漸深，直至明知故犯，胡作非為，無以自拔。正好有四句成語可集合來描述之。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○○年十二月廿二日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　　於加州

Corruption　Yutang Lin

Sincere advice is unpleasant to hear; it does not register.
Whatever stays near red becomes scarlet; pollution spreads.
Knowingly violate the regulations; rules become damaged.
Unable to keep honor toward the end; fall is indeed deep.

Comment:

In general, falling is a gradual process of becoming corrupted. It begins with not listening to prudent advice and becoming close to flatterers. Gradually the pollution becomes accustomed and deepens until rules are knowingly trespassed. Consequently, all kinds of activities become permissible and one could not pull oneself out of such a whirlpool. There happens to be four Chinese idioms that can be gathered to describe this process. (The four lines above began with these idioms.)

Written in Chinese and translated on December 22, 2000
El Cerrito, California

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