A fish hanging outside the house(羊續懸魚)
Recorded in history books.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty of China, there was a clean official. His name is (Yang Xu).
(Yang Xu) was appointed as the mayor of
(Nanyang).
Many government officials at the time were very luxurious.
But (Yang Xu) is quite the opposite.
His clothes and food are simple. His carriage and horse are also very old.
When (Yang Xu) took office.
A subordinate gave him a big fat fish. This was a very valuable gift at the time.
He is in a dilemma.
After thinking about it, he accepted the
gift.
But his next action was strange,
He did not eat this fish, he hung the fish
outside his house.
After a few days. The official sent another big fat fish.
(Yang Xu) Pulling this subordinate, they walked out of the house together.
He pointed to the fish hanging outside the
house and said to the subordinate.
This fish is a gift you gave me last time. I haven't eaten it yet.
So today I will not accept this gift from
you.
Later, another subordinate wanted to give (Yang Xu) a gift.
(Yang Xu) Take this subordinate to see the fish hanging outside the house.
Then smiled and refused.
After a while, no one gave (Yang Xu) any
more gifts.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is a clean official and does not accept bribes.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
When you want to stick to your principles,
do you consider the feelings of others? If you are (Yang Xu), do you have a
better solution?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
此圖片來自百度百科
羊續懸魚(A fish hanging outside the house)
在歷史書中記載。
中國的東漢時代，有一個清廉的官員。他的名字叫做(羊續)。
(羊續)被派任做(南陽)市長。
當時的很多政府官員都很奢華。
但(羊續)卻完全相反。
他的衣服與食物都很簡樸。他的馬車和馬也已經很舊了。
當(羊續)就任後。
有一個部屬送他一條肥大的大魚。這在當時是一個很貴重的禮物。
他陷入兩難。
他思考之後收下這個禮物。
但他接下來的行動很奇怪，
他沒有吃這一條魚，他把這條魚吊在他的房屋外面。
過了幾天。這位官員又送來了一條肥美的大魚。
(羊續)拉著這位部屬，他們一起走到屋子外面。
他指著吊在房屋外面的那條魚並對這個部屬說。
這一條魚是你上次送給我的禮物，我還沒吃。
因此今天我就不收你的這個禮物了。
後來又有另一個部屬想要送(羊續)禮物。
(羊續)就帶這一個部屬去看那一條吊在房屋外面的魚。
然後微笑拒絕。
過了一陣子，再也沒有人送禮物給(羊續)了。
這句成語被用來形容一個人為官清廉，不接受賄絡。
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。
當你想要堅持自己原則的時候，你是否有考慮到別人的感受呢?你若是羊續，你有更好的解決方法嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。