唐朝有一个姓张的大官，家庭和睦，美名远扬，一直传到了皇帝 的耳中。
During the Tang Dynasty, a high official surnamed Zhang was known far and wide for his harmonious home life.
皇帝费美他治家有道，问他道在何处，他一气写了一百个 "忍"宁@。
When the emperor gave him praise and asked him how he had been running the family to achieve harmony, he wrote down without a break one hundred characters meaning "patience." Evidently, the message he tried to bring home to the emperor was that family members must be accommodating to each other for the sake of harmony.
这说得非常清楚：家庭中要互相容忍，才能和睦。
That's famous story.
这个 故事非常有名。
Consequently, people surnamed Zhang in the old days all felt greatly honored that one of their ancestors had been known for exercising patience.
在旧社会，中国姓张的全以祖先的容忍为荣了。
However, it is easier said than done to be tolerant towards others.
但是容忍也并不容易。
In 1935, I traveled to Germany via the Soviet Union over the Siberian railway.
1935年，我乘西伯利亚铁路的火车经苏 联赴德国，车过中苏边界上的满洲里，停车四小时，由苏联海关检查 行李。
At the Sino-Soviet border in Manzhouli, the train stopped for a 4-hour- inspection by the Soviet customs.
这是无可厚非的，入国必须检查，这是世界公例。
That was all right because entry inspection was an international practice.
但是，当 时的苏联大概认为，我们这一帮人，从一个资本主义国家到另一个资 本主义国家，恐怕没有好人，必须严查，以防万一。
But the then Soviet Union subjected me to a closer-than-usual customs inspection probably on the assumption that I, like all those traveling from one capitalist country to another, must be 2l dubious character.
检查其他行李， 我决无意见。
I had no objection to the check-up of my belongings except a when a crudely-made tinplate kettle that I had bought at I Harbin became something very fishy to them.
但是，在哈尔滨买的一把最粗糙的铁皮壶o，却成了被 检查的首要对象。
The kettle was certainly too flimsy for holding a hidden bomb, but they barked up the wrong tree and kept clanking it repeatedly here and there.
这里敲敲，那里敲敲，薄薄的一层铁皮决藏不下 一颗炸弹的，然而他们却敧打不止"。
Driven beyond the limit of my patience, I was about to flare up when an elderly foreigner, who was my co-passenger, whispered to me, "Patience is a great a virtue." That calmed me down, and I turned to him with a smile by way of expressing my thanks.
我真有点无法容忍，想要发火。
Obviously, patience is a good thing Or rather a great virtue.
我身旁有一位年老的老外，是与我们同车的，看到我的神态，在我耳 旁悄悄地说了句：Patience is a great virtue(容忍是很大的美德)。
But I think there should be a demarcation line to be observed.
我 对他微笑，表示致谢。
Fighting a duel was a common practice in old Germany.
我立即心平气和，天下太平。
One who suffered an insult to himself or especially his girlfriend would challenge the offender to a fight in which they used pistols or swords.
看来容忍确是一件好事，甚至是一种美德。
The great Russian poet A.
但是，我认为，也 必须有一个界限。
Pushkin was one of those shot dead in a duel.
我们到了德国以后，就碰到这个问题。
At the time when I arrived in Germany together with some other Chinese students, the practice of dueling was still lingering on there though less prevalent.
旧时欧洲流 行决斗之风，谁污辱了谁，特别是谁的女情人，被污辱者一定要提出 决斗，或用手枪，或用剑。
We pledged that in case of ourselves being insulted we should weigh the pros and cons and give precedence to patience in line with the Oriental doctrine of magnanimity, but that in case of a humiliating insult directed against our dear country, we a should wage a life-and-death struggle against the offender without showing any patience.
普希金就是在决斗中被枪打死的。
That is what I mcan by drawing a demarcation line.
我们 到了的时候，此风已息，但仍发生。
Fortunately, nothing of the kind happened; otherwise, I might not have survived to write this article today.
我们几个中国留学生相约：如果 外国人污学了我们自身，我们要揣度形势心，主要要容忽，以东方的 恕道克制自己。
It is disheartening nowadays to see so little patience shown by our compatriots.
但是，如果他们污学我们的国家，则无论如何也要同 他们玩儿命，决不容忍。
On a crowded bus, for instance, when you happen to bump into a co-passenger or step On his feet, an immediate word of apology from you will serve to prevent a dispute.