《沉疴》（十三）
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一、刚毅如海瑞，努力如海瑞，另类如海瑞，清廉如海瑞！他死后，南京的百姓因此罢市。灵柩用船运回家乡时，穿着白衣戴着白帽的人站满了两岸，祭奠哭拜的人百里不绝，因为他们相信，只要这世间多几个海瑞这样的另类清官，那么这个世界一定会改变。
1. As steadfast as Hai Rui, as diligent as Hai Rui, as unconventional as Hai Rui, as incorruptible as Hai Rui! After his death, the people of Nanjing went on strike because of this. When his coffin was transported by boat to his hometown, the banks were filled with people wearing white clothes and white hats, and the line of mourners weeping and paying respects stretched for a hundred miles, because they believed that if there were more unconventional and honest officials like Hai Rui in the world, the world would certainly change.
二、然而，海瑞用他的一生告诉了世人，“个人道德之长不能补救组织和技术之短”。那个人人期待的世界，直到明朝灭亡都未出现。
2. However, Hai Rui used his life to tell the world, "The strength of personal morality cannot compensate for the shortcomings of organization and technology." The world that everyone awaited did not appear until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
三、作为张居正的首席继任者张四维是悲催的，他只干了一年便先后遇上父母相继离去，他自己也因病离世，最终人们还把张居正死后引起的混乱局面强行扣在了他的头上，这无疑是张四维最大的悲哀。
3. As Zhang Juzheng's chief successor, Zhang Siwei was unfortunate. He only served for one year before encountering the successive deaths of his parents, and he himself died of illness. In the end, people also forcibly pinned the chaotic situation following Zhang Juzheng's death on him, which was undoubtedly Zhang Siwei's greatest tragedy.
四、申时行明明可以用他手中的权利强买强卖他邻居家的房产，但他喜欢用大事化小的方法去解决，他用三年时间不断帮做梳子生意的邻居做推广，最终换来邻居自动卖房产给他。
4. Shen Shixing could have used his power to forcibly buy and sell his neighbor's property, but he preferred to resolve issues by downplaying them. He spent three years continuously helping his neighbor, who was in the comb business, with promotion, eventually resulting in the neighbor voluntarily selling the property to him.
五、申时行就是用这种柔和的处事方式慢慢把官员和皇帝间巨大的裂缝小心地拉扯在一个能正常运行的轨道上。但后人往往忽视了他的这个功劳。
5. It was with this gentle approach that Shen Shixing slowly and carefully pulled the huge rift between officials and the emperor onto a track that could function normally. But later generations often overlooked this contribution of his.
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