試譯 緹縈救父 (節錄自 史記 扁鵲倉公列傳)
2026/08/09 00:10
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文帝四年中，人上書言意，以刑罪當傳西之長安。意有五女，隨而泣。意怒，罵曰：“生子不生男，緩急無可使者！”於是少女緹縈傷父之言，乃隨父西。上書曰：“妾父為吏，齊中稱其廉平，今坐法當刑。妾切痛死者不可復生而刑者不可復續，雖欲改過自新，其道莫由，終不可得。妾原入身為官婢，以贖父刑罪，使得改行自新也。”書聞，上悲其意，此歲中亦除肉刑法。
In the fourth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Chunyu Yi, a medical doctor, was accused of crimes. According to the criminal laws, the charge against him must be judged at Changan, the capital. So, he was sent westward under escort in a prison cart. His five daughters followed the cart and wept. He raged at them, "I gave birth to no boys; now I get no help in need." Being deeply saddened by the words, Tiying, his youngest daughter, decided to accompany him to the capital. When she arrived, she submitted a petition to the emperor, "My father performed public service in Qi, where all people extol him as a righteous and just official. But now he is an alleged criminal and will be punished. It hurts me so to see the death penalty makes no revival and corporal punishment makes no recovery. Even if those criminals want to repent and redeem themselves, there will be no way forward for them. I am willing to be a slavemaid in the court to atone for the crime of my father and to allow him to rectify himself." After reading the petition, Emperor Wen empathized with her and pardoned her father. In addition, he abolished corporal punishment in that year.
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