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多伦多大学心理学教授:

为什么我们要有“伤害”人的能力?

生活是一个非常艰难的过程

And life is a very difficult process

你没有办法从容面对

and it's not for you're not prepared for it

除非你有能力变得危险

unless you have the capacity for to be dangerous

这并不意味着你就要变得残忍

That doesn't mean that you should be cruel

你必须要强大、令人敬畏

you have to be powerful and formidable

且平和的

and then peaceful

这与天真、软弱、无害是不一样的

and that's not the same as being naive and weak and harmless

因为天真、软弱和无害

because naive weak and harmless

意味着你无法承受住生活的悲剧

means that you can't withstand the tragedies of life

你无法承担任何责任

you can't bear any responsibility

你最终会变得悲观和愤怒

you'll end up bitter

当你变得悲观和愤怒时

and when you get bitter

那就真的危险了

than you get dangerous

教授武术的人很清楚这一点，对吗?

People who teach martial arts

你学习武术

If you learn a martial art

是在学习变得危险

you learn to be dangerous

但同时，你要学会控制它

but simultaneously you learn to control it

这两个东西是相互联系的

both of those come together

危险能力和控制能力的结合

and the combination of that capacity for danger and the capacity for control

才是美德的展现

is what brings about the virtue

如果你无害，你就只是软弱

If you're harmless you're just weak

如果你软弱，你就无法成为好人

and if you're weak,you're not going to be good

因为成为好人需要强大的力量

because it takes strength to be good

要成为好人是非常困难的

it's very difficult to be good

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