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普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》· Plutarch's Lives · 领导 · 人性 · 健康 · 认知

He resolved to render the government, as well as himself, instead of terrible, familiar and pleasant to the people, and parted the axes from the rods, and always, upon his entrance into the assembly, lowered these also to the people, to show, in the strongest way, the republican foundation of the government; and this the consuls observe to this day. But the humility of the man was but a means, not, as they thought, of lessening himself, but merely to abate their envy by this moderation; for whatever he detracted from his authority he added to his real power, the people still submitting with satisfaction, which they expressed by calling him Poplicola, or people-lover, which name had the preeminence of the rest, and, therefore, in the sequel of this narrative we shall use no other.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/674
定位:Excerpt 18 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

他决心让政府和自己都不再令人畏惧,而是亲切可近。于是把斧头从束棒上取下,每次进入公民大会时也向民众放低束棒,以此最有力地表明政体建立在共和基础上;后来的执政官一直沿用。他的谦卑并非自贬,而是以节制消解民众的嫉妒:他减去的只是表面权威,换来的却是实际权力的增长,民众满意地称他“普布利科拉”,即“爱民者”。

上下文

普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》中记述罗马执政官普布利科拉(Poplicola)在驱逐国王后如何塑造共和形象。

今日一问

在团队或家庭中,主动放低姿态、让渡表面权威,是否反而能赢得更稳固的信任和影响力?

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