乐羊为魏将
Yue Yang Served as Commandei-in-Chief of Wei
【原文】
乐羊为魏将，攻中山。其子时在中山，中山君烹之.作羹致于乐羊， 乐羊食之。古今称之乐羊食子以自信，明害父以求法.
【今译】
乐羊充当魏国大将进攻中山国。当时乐羊的儿子正好在中山，中 山国国君活活煮死他的儿子，做成肉羹送给乐羊，乐羊把它吃下了,古 今的人称赞他道乐羊吃掉自己的儿子来表明自己的诚信，申明杀害 自己的父亲来遵循法律
Yue Yang served as Commaner-in-Chief of the state of Wei during the war against the state of Zhongshan. At that time, Yue Yang’s son was in Zhongshan, The sovereign of Zhongshan cooked the son alive, made some meat broth and sent it to Yue Yang. Yue Yang ate it. Such activities have been praised by people from ancient times till today as follows： “Yue Yang ate his own son to prove his loyalty and honesty. Shen Ming sentenced his own father to death to enforce the law. ”