《天网恢恢》是列夫·托尔斯泰在一心一意地教育农民子弟时期写的一篇短篇小说。作者认为这是他最优秀的短篇之一;是《二十三个故事》一书中的第一个故事。后来,它常作为托尔斯泰的具有代表性的作品被选入一些短篇小说选集。作者之所以喜欢这个短篇,是因为它集中体现了作者所喜爱的一个主题:“勿以恶报恶”。它宣扬了“饶恕一切人”的基督教的“博爱”教义。尽管在阶级社会中,从来就没有什么抽象的“博爱”,但它是在作者所处的那个时代提出的,当然不能按照今天的标准,对作者加以苛求。今年是托尔斯泰逝世七十周年,特译出此文,以示纪念。 “Skynet Recovery” is a short story by Leo Tolstoy when he devoted himself to educating the children of peasants. The author considers it to be one of his best short stories; the first of twenty-three stories. Later, it was often chosen as a collection of short stories by Tolstoy as a representative piece. The reason why the author likes this short article is that it embodies a favorite theme of the author: “Do not reprove evil.” It proclaims the Christian “fraternity” doctrine of “forgiving everyone.” Although there has never been any abstract “fraternity” in class society, it was put forward in the time of the author, and of course the author can not be judged according to today’s standards. This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the death of Tolstoy, which is specially translated to show commemoration.