四年前,当京都一名服刑的犯人因救落水儿童而身亡的消息见诸报端,关于这名犯人能否被授予“革命烈士”称号的议论便纷纷扬扬。有读者获悉这名犯人最终未被批准为革命烈士后,遂撰文称,对一个人的功过是非,是分阶段分层次评价还是一以贯之,这是东西方的差异也是东方中国对人性评价面临的困境。在批烈问题上,东方的中国真是面临这样的困境么? Four years ago, when a prisoner in prison in Kyoto reported that he died of water-saving children, newspapers came up with arguments about whether the prisoner could be awarded the title of “revolutionary martyr.” Some readers have learned that this prisoner was eventually not approved as a revolutionary martyr, and then wrote that the merits and demerits of mankind are evaluated hierarchically or in a consistent manner. This is the East-West difference and East China’s assessment of human nature Dilemma. On the issue of criticism and grave, the East China is really facing such a dilemma?