Please leave only one side of the net (網開一面)
The name of the founding king of the Shang
Dynasty in China was (Zi Lu).
About (Zi Lu). There is a story about him
in history books.
When (Zi Lu) was young, he was the leader
of a tribe in China.
One day, when he went for a walk in the
countryside, he saw a hunter from his tribe who was making traps for catching
birds.
(Zi Lu) thought it was interesting, so he
stopped to watch.
This person first hung a large net on the
east side of a forest, and then hung a large net on the south side of the
forest.
Then he hung a large net on the west side
of the forest, and then a large net on the north side of the forest.
After the nets on all four sides were set
up, the man began to pray.
My god, I sincerely pray to you here,
asking you to let me catch all the birds in this forest, so that I can have a
good harvest today.
(Zi Lu) Seeing this way, he went over to
talk to this person.
I have heard your prayers, but I want to
share my thoughts with you.
If you catch all the birds today, what else
can you catch tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?
So I suggest that you should only hang up
one net and remove the other three nets.
Hearing the advice of the leader of the
tribe, this man did so according to (Zi Lu)'s advice.
(Zi Lu) Looking at the only net left, he
prayed once.
All the birds in this forest, fly
everywhere as you like. If you want to fly to the left, go to the left, and if
you want to fly to the right, go to the right.
But if you feel that your life is enough, then
fly into this net.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
treats people and things around him with a broad mind.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you think many of us in modern times
have the same ideas as this hunter? How do we change ourselves to jointly
maintain ecological sustainability?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
網開一面(please leave only one side of the net)
中國的商朝的開國君王名字叫做(子履)。
關於(子履)。歷史書上記載過一個關於他的故事。
在(子履)年輕的時候，他當時是中國一個部落的首領。
有一天，他去鄉下散步，看見有一個自己部落中的獵人，他正在製作捕鳥的陷阱。
(子履)覺得很有趣，他就停下來在看。
這個人先在一片樹林的東邊掛了一面很大的網子，又在這片樹林的南邊掛了一面很大的網子。
接著他在這片樹林的西邊掛了一面很大的網子，又再這片樹林的北邊掛了一面很大的網子。
這四面網子都設置好了之後，這個人開始祈禱。
我的神啊，我在這邊誠心地向你祈禱，請求你讓這片樹林中的鳥都被我抓到，讓我今天有好的收穫。
(子履)看到這邊，他便過去跟這個人說。
你的祈禱我已經聽到了，但是我想跟你分享我的想法。
你如果今天就把所有的鳥都抓光了，那明天或後天還可以捕捉什麼呢。
所以我建議你，應該只掛上一張網子就好，另外三張網子撤掉。
這個人聽見部落的首領的建議，便照(子履)的建議這樣去做。
(子履)看著僅剩的這一面網子，他進行了一次祈禱。
這樹林中的所有的鳥兒啊，你們隨自己的心意到處飛翔吧，你們想飛到左邊就去左邊，想飛到右邊就去右邊。
但若是你們覺得自己的生命已經足夠了，再飛到這一面網子裡面來吧。
這句成語被用來形容一個人心胸寬大地去對待自已周遭的人事物。
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。
你覺得我們現代許多人的想法是否跟這位獵人一樣呢?我們要怎樣改變自已去共同維護生態的永續性呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。