CAJ | 학술논문

在如何对待伤害我们的作恶者问题上,孔子和耶稣持很不相同的看法,虽然他们都反对以牙还牙或者以怨报怨。耶稣要求我们在右脸被打了以后转过左脸;孔子则明确反对这样一种以德报怨的做法,而主张以直报怨。一种通常的看法是,孔子赞成的这种以直报怨的立场介于耶稣的以德报怨和他们都反对的以怨报怨之间：前者过于理想主义,很难做到,而后者过于放任,没有原则,唯有孔子的主张比较实际。笔者反对上述看法,认为孔子所主张的立场实际上比耶稣以德报怨的理想更高,要求更严,因为孔子以直报怨之直乃是正曲为直之直,因此以直报怨就是要求我们想方设法使伤害我们的作恶者不再成为作恶者,并成为为善者。
재여하대대상해아문적작악자문제상,공자화야소지흔불상동적간법,수연타문도반대이아환아혹자이원보원。야소요구아문재우검피타료이후전과좌검;공자칙명학반대저양일충이덕보원적주법,이주장이직보원。일충통상적간법시,공자찬성적저충이직보원적립장개우야소적이덕보원화타문도반대적이원보원지간：전자과우이상주의,흔난주도,이후자과우방임,몰유원칙,유유공자적주장비교실제。필자반대상술간법,인위공자소주장적립장실제상비야소이덕보원적이상경고,요구경엄,인위공자이직보원지직내시정곡위직지직,인차이직보원취시요구아문상방설법사상해아문적작악자불재성위작악자,병성위위선자。
On the issue of how to deal with those who have wronged us, Confucius holds a view very different from Jesus, al- though they are both against ＂an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth＂. While Jesus asks us to turn the left cheek when some- one strikes us on the right, Confucius advises us to repay an injury with uprightness. It is commonly believed that the position Confucius recommends here lies between the position Jesus recommends and the position they are both against. While the former is morally too demanding and the latter is morally too permissive, Confucius＇s position is morally realistic. This essay argues a- gainst such a common conception and claims that the position Confucius advocates actually sets a moral standard that is even higher than Jesus＇ position, since what Confucius asks us to do is to do all that we can to help the wrongdoer cease to be a wrongdoer and become a moral person.