选自《盐铁论·孝养》。距：通“拒”。【大意】拒绝接受别人意见的视听闭塞，自己独断专行的就会遭到孤立。

It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.

舞台是死者与生者对话的地方。