Unity can produce great power(眾志成城 )
During the Spring and Autumn Period of
China, the King of the Zhou Kingdom ordered the casting of the largest bell in
China.
At that time, a minister objected.
He said to the king. I suggest not to do
this. Casting this clock is just to satisfy your personal vanity, it is not
practical.
But the king still insisted on his own
ideas.
It took a lot of money and manpower, and
after three years, this big bell was completed.
On the day of completion, the king ordered
his men to ring the bell.
When the king heard the sound of the bell,
he said to the minister who had opposed it.
The sound of this bell is really loud.
After I heard this sound, my mood became very cheerful.
But the minister answered. My feeling is
contrary to yours, I think the sound of this bell is awful.
In order to build this bell, the tax burden
on all people has increased a lot.
Many people have made life difficult
because of this.
So when I heard the sound of this bell, it
was as if I heard the people's pain and wailing.
I think that when all people have the same
enthusiasm to support the completion of a thing, this force can build a new
country.
But when all people use the same enthusiasm
to oppose one thing, this force may also destroy a country.
The king was very angry at these words. He
died of illness in the second year.
The Kingdom of Zhou also broke out in civil
strife for five years.
This idiom is used as a metaphor for when
everyone is moving towards the same goal, they will condense into a powerful
force.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Have you ever had the experience of doing
something to satisfy your vanity?
If you have had this experience, what was
the result of that event?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
眾志成城
(Unity can produce great power)
中國的春秋時代，周王國的國王下命令，要鑄造一只全中國最大的鐘。
當時有一位大臣提出反對。
他對國王說。我建議不要做這件事情。鑄造這一只鐘只是為了滿足你個人的虛榮心、它並不實用。
但是國王仍然堅持自已的想法。
花費極其多的金錢與人力，經過三年後，這一口大鐘完成了。
完成當天，國王便命令手下敲鐘。
國王聽到鐘的聲音後，對那一位曾表示反對的大臣說。
這個鐘的聲音真是響亮，我聽到這聲音之後，心情都變得很開朗。
但大臣卻回答。我的感覺與你相反，我覺得這鐘的聲音很難聽。
為了建造這鐘，所有人民的稅負都加重很多。
很多百姓都因為這這樣，生活變得困難。
因此我一聽到這鐘的聲音，就好像聽見了百姓的痛苦哀號。
我認為當所有的人都有相同的熱情去支持完成一件事情的時候，這股力量可以建立一個新的國家。
但是當所有的人都用相同的熱情去反對一件事情的的時候，這股力量也有可能毀滅一個國家。
國王聽了這些話很生氣。他在第二年就死於疾病。
周王國也隨即爆發了長達五年之久的內亂。
這句成語就被用來比喻所有人都向著同樣的一個目標前進時，會凝聚成強大的力量。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你曾經有為了滿足自已的虛榮心，去做某件事情的經驗嗎?若有過這經驗的話，那件事情後來的結果如何呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。