Quickly fill up the gap in the sheepfold(亡羊補牢)
During the Warring States Period in China,
a very senior minister of the Chu Kingdom, his name was (Zhuang Xin).
One day, he said to the king.
My king. The ministers you trust now, everyone
is greedy for pleasure.
You must manage our kingdom carefully, or
our kingdom may have a major crisis.
The king answered him angrily.
You are too old, do you have a problem with
your brain? Why do you curse our kingdom?
(Zhuang Xin) answered.
I saw the current situation and deduced the
most likely result.
(Zhuang Xin) He was very discouraged when
he saw that the king did not listen to his advice.
He asked the king to transfer him to the
Zhao Kingdom as an ambassador, and the king agreed to his request.
After five months, the Kingdom of Qin sent
troops to attack the Kingdom of Chu.
The Kingdom of Chu was defeated, and even
the capital was occupied by the Kingdom of Qin.
At this time, the king thought of what
(Zhuang Xin) had said to him before, so he retrieved (Zhuang Xin).
When the king saw (Zhuang Xin), he told
him.
I regret not listening to you. The
situation in our kingdom is so critical now, what else can I do.
(Zhuang Xin) Said to the king.
When we raise sheep, if we find a gap in
the sheepfold, and some sheep have already escaped from this gap.
We should take action at this time to fill
this gap so that we can prevent this from happening again.
This time though we were defeated.
But I believe that as long as you correct
your past mistakes, you will manage our kingdom from now on.
We can certainly restore our former glory.
The king accepted (Zhuang Xin)'s suggestion
this time.
He changed himself and concentrated on
governing the country.
The Kingdom of Chu also recovered a few
years later and became as strong as before.
This idiom is used to motivate a person to
correct mistakes and start over from now on.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Are you still bound by some past mistakes?
Are you willing to encourage yourself and reformulate your plan to rise again
in your limited life?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
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亡羊補牢(Quickly fill up the gap in the
sheepfold)
在中國的戰國時代，楚王國一個很資深的大臣，他的名字叫做(莊辛)。
有一天，他對國王說。
我的國王阿。你現在信任的這些大臣們，每個人都貪圖享樂。
你必須用心管理我們王國，不然我們王國，有可能會發生重大危機。
國王很生氣地回答他。
你年紀太大了，你腦子有問題嗎，你為何咒詛我們王國呢。
(莊辛)回答。
我是看見現在的情況，推論出來最有可能的結果。
(莊辛)看見國王不聽自己的勸告，他很灰心。
他便請求國王把他調去趙王國但任大使，國王同意了他的請求。
過了五個月，秦王國派出軍隊攻打楚王國。
楚王國打了敗仗，連首都都被秦王國佔領了。
這時候國王想到(莊辛)之前對他說的話，他便把(莊辛)找回來。
國王見到(莊辛)就對他說。
我很後悔當初沒有聽你的話。現在我們王國的情況如此危急，我還可以做甚麼呢。
(莊辛)對國王說。
我們養羊的時候，我們若發現羊圈有一個缺口，而且已經有羊從這個缺口逃出去。
我們這個時候應該採取行動，把這個缺口補好，我們才可以避免這件事情再度發生。
這一次我們雖然戰敗了。
但我相信只要你改掉以往的錯誤，你從現在開始好好的管理我們王國。
我們一定可以恢復往日的光榮。
國王這一次接受了(莊辛)的建議。
他改變自已，專心治理國家。
楚王國也在幾年之後，恢復成為以往的強大。
這句成語被用來激勵一個人，從現在開始改正錯誤並且重新開始。
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。
你是否仍舊被一些過往的錯誤所綑綁呢。你是否願意鼓勵自己並且重新擬定計畫在有限的今生中再次奮起呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。