The money is not in vain(千金買骨)
During the Warring States Period in China,
the newly appointed king of the Yan Kingdom wanted to strengthen the Yan
Kingdom.
For a kingdom to be strong, the most
important thing is to have many capable people.
But the Yan Kingdom is very weak, so it is
not easy to recruit these people.
The king went to ask a wise man whose name
was Guo Wei.
Guo Wei told a story.
There was an ancient king who longed for a
good horse. He is even willing to pay up to 1,000 gold coins to buy. But he has
not been able to buy it.
One day, someone told the king that I have
a way to buy you a great horse in a short time.
But there is only one condition, you have
to fully authorize and give me 1000 gold coins first.
The king agreed to his request.
After three months, the man returned to
report to the king.
He said to the king, I searched everywhere
and finally found this best horse.
The king said happily. Let me see this
horse quickly.
This person took out a bag of powder from
his backpack at this time.
He said to the king that when I found this
horse, it happened to have died of illness.
But I bought its ashes for only 500 gold
coins in total. I can also refund you 500 gold coins.
The king was very angry when he heard this
answer.
The king rebuked, you fool, why do I want
these ashes? You even spent 500 gold coins to buy it.
This person answered at this time.
My king, please don't be angry, it makes
sense for me to do this.
This action of mine has made everyone sure
that you really want to buy the best horse.
You stay patient and wait a few days. I
promise, you can buy the best horse.
Sure enough, in the next few months, the
king not only bought one, but beyond his expectations, he bought several great
horses.
After the king of the Yan Kingdom heard
this story.
The next day, he hired the capable people
of his own country as consultants, asked them humbly, and paid them high
rewards.
A few months later, many outstanding
talents from other kingdoms also took the initiative to come to the Yan Kingdom
one after another.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is very urgent and hopes to recruit good talents to assist him.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
If you encounter the same dilemma, do you
want to solve it in other ways? If you were Guo Wei, how would you advise the
king?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
千金買骨(The money is not in vain)
中國的戰國時代，燕王國新上任的國王，想強大燕王國。
一個王國要強盛，首要之務就是要有很多有能力的人。
但燕王國很弱小，因此不容易招募到這些人。
國王就去請教一個有智慧的人，這個人的名字叫做(郭隗)。
(郭隗)說了一個故事。
有一個古代的國王，他十分渴望擁有一匹好馬。他甚至願意付出高達1000個金幣去購買。但他一直買不到。
有一天，有一個人跟國王說，我有辦法可以在短時間內、為你買到一匹很棒的馬。
但只有一個條件，你要充分的授權，並且先給我1000個金幣。
國王答應了他的要求。
過了三個月後，這個人回來跟國王報告。
他對國王說，我到處尋找，終於找到了這一匹最棒的馬。
國王很開心的說。快讓我看這一匹馬。
這個人這時候從自已的背包中，拿出一包粉末。
他對國王說，我找到這匹馬的時候，牠剛好病死了。
但我把牠的骨灰買了下來，總共只花了500個金幣。我還可以退還給你500個金幣。
國王聽到這回答非常生氣。
國王大聲斥責，你這個笨蛋，我要這些骨灰幹嘛，你竟然還花了500個金幣去買。
這個人這時候回答。
我的國王啊，請你先不要生氣，我會這樣做是有道理的。
我的這個行動，已經讓所有人都確定你是真心的想要買到最好的馬。
你保持耐心先等待幾天。我保證，你就可以買到最棒的馬。
果然，在接下來的幾個月內，國王不只買到一隻，而是超出他所預期的、他買到了好幾隻很棒的馬。
燕王國的國王聽完這個故事後。
第二天，他就先聘請自己國內的賢能之士當顧問，虛心地請教他們，並且給這些人很高的報酬。
又過了沒幾個月，很多其他王國的優秀人才，也就陸陸續續地主動來到燕王國了。
這句成語被用來形容一個人非常迫切、希望招攬到好的人才來輔佐自已。
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。
你若是遭遇到一樣的困境，你想得到用其他的方式來解決嗎?你若是(郭隗)，你會如何勸告國王呢。
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。