术语“为我”的详细信息

英译术语:

each one for himself

汉语语境:

战国时期道家学者杨朱主张“损一毫利天下不与，悉天下奉一身不取”的学说。当时的另一位大思想家、儒家学派代表孟子就此在其著述《孟子》第13章中对杨朱作了评论。孟子认为，杨朱主张的是“为我”，即使拔他身上一根汗毛，能使天下人得利，他也是不干的。

英语语境:

The basic and central concept of Yang Zhu, a Taoist philosopher of the early Warring States period, is each one for himself. Scholars understood this idea in various ways. Master Meng recorded and described this concept of Yang's in the 13th chapter of The Book of Master Meng. According to Meng, the principle of Master Yang is "Each one for himself", which means, though he might have benefited the whole world by plucking out a single hair of his, he would not have done it.