Visuddhimagga IX-5

Kiṃkāraṇā appiyādīsu paṭhamaṃ na bhāvetabbā?

为什么最初不应对不爱等人修习呢？

Ñ(IX,5): What is the reason why it should not be developed at first towards an antipathetic person and the others?

Appiyaṃ hi piyaṭṭhāne ṭhapento kilamati.

（1）因为（初学者）若把不爱者置于爱处是会疲倦的；

Ñ: To put an antipathetic person in a dear one's place is fatiguing.

Atippiyasahāyakaṃ majjhattaṭṭhāne ṭhapento kilamati,

（2）若把最爱的朋友置于无关系者之处是会疲倦的，

Ñ: To put a very dearly loved friend in a neutral person's place is fatiguing;

appamattakepi cassa dukkhe uppanne ārodanākārappatto viya hoti.

因为对彼（极爱者）甚至现起少许的痛苦，也会使（修习者）呈现悲泣的状态；

Ñ: and if the slightest mischance befalls the friend, he feels like weeping.

Majjhattaṃ garuṭṭhāne ca piyaṭṭhāne ca ṭhapento kilamati.

（3）若把无关系的人置于尊重敬爱之处也会疲倦的；

Ñ: To put a neutral person in a respected one's or a dear one's place is fatiguing.

Verimanussarato kodho uppajjati,

（4）若对敌人随念则起忿怒。

Ñ: Anger springs up in him if he recollects a hostile person.

tasmā appiyādīsu paṭhamaṃ na bhāvetabbā.

所以最初不应对不爱等人修习。

Ñ: That is why it should not be developed at first towards an antipathetic person and the rest.