大节不夺dà jié bù duóno emergency however great can drive one from his principles
❍ 可以托五尺之孤，可以寄百里之命，临大节，而不可夺也，君子人与？(《论语·泰伯》) Suppose that there is an individual who can be intrusted with the charge of a young orphan prince,and can be commissioned with authority over a state of a hundred li,and whom no emergency however great can drive from his principles:—is such a man a superior man? 大节不夺dà jié bù duó节：节操。形容在危险面前，能坚守节操。stick to one’s moral integrity in the danger, firm in one’s honor |