Don't pull my hand again and again
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China,
the King of Lu Kingdom sent (Zijian) to manage a city.
(Zijian) wanted to tell the king that he
must be fully authorized, so he thought of a way to remind the king
euphemistically.
(Zijian) asked the king to appoint a
professional clerical staff to assist him.
The king appointed an expert.
When (Zijian) saw the expert coming, he
told him.
I would like to ask you to write an article
for me to let me know if you are competent.
The expert began to write this article, but
when he was writing, (Zijian) stood behind him, and from time to time he pulled
him and expressed his opinion at the same time.
As a result, the expert wrote a very bad
article.
(Zijian) Tell the expert, I think you are
unfit, you ask the king to send me another expert.
The king was puzzled when he saw the expert
coming back.
The expert reported the whole process to
the king.
At this time the king understood that (Zijian)
hoped to get full authorization.
The king also accepted the (Zijian) opinion
very modestly.
This idiom means that doing things is
hindered by others.
Dear friend, how do you feel or think after
listening to this story?
Do you have the same experience as (Zijian)
without being fully authorized by your boss? How would you use your wisdom to
remind your boss?
Hope this story will give you some new
gains.
每多掣肘
中國的春秋時代，魯國的國王派遣(子賤)去管理一座城市。
(子賤)想告訴國王必須充分授權，因此他想了一個方法、委婉地提醒國王。
(子賤)請求國王，指派一位專業的文書人員協助他。
國王便指派了一個專家。
當(子賤)看見這位專家來了，便對他說。
我想請你先寫一篇文章給我看，讓我了解你是否可以勝任。
這位專家就開始寫這篇文章，但他在書寫的時候，(子賤)站在他的背後，還不時地動手拉扯他、同時並發表自己的意見。
結果這位專家寫出了一篇很壞的文章。
(子賤)跟專家說，我覺得你不適任，你請國王再派另一個專家給我。
國王看見這位專家回來，他很疑惑。
這名專家便把整個過程跟國王報告。
這時候國王理解，(子賤)希望可以得到充分的授權。
國王也很虛心的接受(子賤)的意見。
這句成語的意思是指做事被他人所妨礙。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你也有像(子賤)一樣，沒有被老闆充分授權的經驗嗎?你會如何運用智慧去提醒你的老闆呢?
希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。