【原文】 商贾在朝，则货财上流；妇言人事，则赏罚不信；男女无别，则民无廉耻；货财上流，赏罚不信，民无廉耻，而求百姓之安难，兵士之死节，不可得也 《权修》

 

【汉解】 商人在朝中掌权，财货贿赂就流往上层；妇人参与政事，赏功罚过就不能准确；男女没有界限，人民就不知廉耻。在货财上流、赏罚不信、民无廉耻的情况下，要求百姓为国家甘冒危难，兵士为国家献身死节，是办不到的。

 

【英译】If merchants and traders are received at court, goods and wealth will flow upward in the form of bribes. If women have a voice in the affairs of men, rewards and punishments will not be reliable. If men and women are not segregated, the people will have neither a sense of integrity nor a sense of shame. If goods and wealth flow upward, rewards and punishments are unreliable, and the people have neither a sense of integrity nor a sense of shame, it is impossible to expect either the hundred surnames to remain steadfast in times of trouble or the troops to be willing to sacrifice their lives.