遇上既要当婊子又要{立牌坊}的当道小人，你能怎样？
what would you do if you meet a vile person who
wants to be a prostitute yet pretends to be a chaste widow?

中国孔子论坛Furthermore, the government maintained a registry of both chaste widows and thrice-married women. The chaste widows received accolades from the government (Kendall and Peterson 1983, 35), while the thrice-married women received nothing ...
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female medical workers in ancient china该网站可能含有恶意软件，有可能会危害您的电脑。
I am a widow. How can I let males see me," she replied. Finally she died of the illness . 9 Another example was a certain Madam Hu, who was paised as a "chaste widow." Sticken with disease and when her family was about to send for a ...
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Note added at 1小时 (2007-07-03 16:58:40 GMT)
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立牌坊 = 贞节妇人
there's no need not say 'erect/construct a chaste monumental arch'

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Note added at 2小时 (2007-07-03 17:52:09 GMT)
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孔子本来就是官家子弟， 会创造出的思想，出发点在于维护权威并延伸到社会的秩序到家庭的伦理。他的思想伴随了我们从古到今，他的存在必有它的价值，要不然老早就被淘汰了。但再想想一个三千多年前的人的思想虽有许多不足之处，但也有许多可取之处，特别是‘中庸之道’。
balancing everything to their optimum state, such as balancing between analysis & decisiveness, hah,sounds familiar?

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Note added at 7小时 (2007-07-03 22:27:58 GMT)
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oops, I concentrated too much on the '立牌坊‘.
verbatim and gender neutral translation would be:
what would you do if you meet a cad in power who wants to be a prostitute yet pretends to be a chaste person?

true sense of the sentence should be:
what would you do if you meet a double faced cad who is in power?

要当婊子又要立牌坊的当道小人 = 双面小人 = double faced cad