My neighbor may be the thief(智子疑鄰)
During the Warring States Period in China,
a famous thinker (Han Fei), he wrote a story.
There is a rich man living in Song Kingdom.
He lives in a big house, he has a big yard,
his house has a lot of antiques and gold.
In July of a year, there were torrential
rains for several days.
One part of the fence surrounding his house
was destroyed by rain.
At the end of the rainy season, his son
told him.
Dad, we should quickly find workers to
repair the fence.
In this situation, a thief can easily enter
through this gap.
His neighbor saw that one of his fences was
destroyed by rain.
His neighbor reminded him enthusiastically.
You have to quickly find workers to repair
the fence.
In this situation, a thief can easily enter
through this gap.
The rich man thinks this matter is not
particularly urgent. So he did not immediately find workers to repair the
fence.
Unexpectedly, that night, the thief sneaked
into his home.
The next morning, when he got up, he found
that many antiques and gold in his home had been stolen by thieves.
His first reaction was to say.
My child is really alert, he reminded me
yesterday, but unfortunately I did not listen to his advice.
He then thought.
My neighbor is very suspicious. When he
came to my house yesterday to remind me to repair the fence, his expression was
very unnatural.
How could he predict that there will be a
thief? Maybe he is the thief.
This idiom is used to remind us that we
often have different prejudices because of our relationships with others.
Dear friend, what inspiration or ideas do you have after hearing this story.
Do you have the experience of causing you great loss due to procrastination? Have you ever been deceived by feelings and influenced your judgment?
I hope this story will give you a little
bit of gain.
智子疑鄰(My neighbor may be the thief)
中國的戰國時代，著名的思想家(韓非)，他寫了一個故事。
有一個富人住在宋王國。
他住在一棟大房子裡，他有一片很大的院子，他家裡放了很多的古董與黃金。
有一年的七月，連續下了好幾天的暴雨。
環繞他家的圍欄有一處被雨水沖毀了。
雨季結束，他的兒子便對他說。
爸爸，我們應該趕緊找工人來修補圍欄。
現在這種狀況，小偷可以輕易地從這個缺口進來。
他的鄰居見他家的圍欄有一處被雨水沖毀了。
他的鄰居很熱心的提醒他。
你要趕緊找趕緊找工人來修補圍欄。
現在這種狀況，小偷可以輕易地從這個缺口進來。
這個富人認為這事情並不算特別緊急。所以他沒有立刻找工人來修補圍欄。
沒想到，當天晚上，小偷就潛入他的家。
隔天上午，他起床後發現家裡有許多的古董和黃金被小偷偷走了。
他第一個反應是說。
我的小孩真是機警，他昨天就提醒我，但可惜我沒有聽他的建議。
他接著又想。
我的鄰居倒是很可疑，他昨天來我家提醒我要修補圍欄的時候，他的神色很不自然。
他怎能預測到會有小偷呢，搞不好他就是那個小偷阿。
這個成語被用來提醒我們，我們常會因為自已與別人的關係而產生不同的偏見。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或是想法呢。
你有因為拖延，造成你極大損失的經驗嗎?你是否曾被感情蒙蔽而影響你做出正確的判斷的經驗呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一點收穫。