do as you would be done by

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do as you would be done by以人之道待人

该词组具有精神鼓励的意义,意思是,你希望他人如何待你,你就如何待人。这一表达源自切斯特菲尔德伯爵四世菲力浦·多墨·斯坦厚甫(Philip Dormer Stanhope,1694—1773)写给他儿子的信:

“Do as you would be done by is the surest method that I know of pleasing.”

“以人之道待人,这是我所知的最讨人喜欢的方法。”

查尔斯·金斯利(Charles Kingsley,1819—1875)受此启发,在其作品《水孩子》(The Water-Babies ,1863)中创造了两个人物,即“以人之道待人夫人”(Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby)及其伙伴“以待人之道被待夫人”(Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid)。

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