在传统史书中,历史人物往往被分成”忠、奸“两类。其实历史人物是复杂的,这种”二分法“很难全面、公正地评价历史人物。明朝”奸相“严嵩与”贤相“徐阶的对比研究,为我们提供了一个很好的例证。

Historical figures are often categorized into the"honest"and the"wicked"in conventional works of history.But actually historical figures are so complicated that it is hardly fair tomake judgement in this manner.A case in point is the comparative study of YanSong,the"wicked prime minister"and XuJie,the"honest prime minister"of Ming Dynasty.