We wait patiently for a better time (按兵不動)
During the Warring States Period in China,
the prime minister of the Qin Kingdom (Lu Buwei) edited a set of books.
There is a story in the book.
There was a nobleman in the Jin Kingdom
whose name was (Zhao Jianzi).
He plans to attack the Wei Kingdom. Wei
Kingdom is a small kingdom.
He first sent a spy named (Shi Mo) to (Wei
Kingdom) to collect information.
Six months later, (Simo) came back.
(Zhao Jianzi) asked. Why have you been
there for so long.
(Simo) answered. ˊI spent a lot of time collecting opinions from many people.
Based on my observation over the past six
months, I suggest that we must abandon this offensive plan.
The king of the Wei Kingdom appointed
several very talented people to assist him in managing the Wei Kingdom.
He also hired the famous scholar Confucius
as his adviser.
The people of the Wei Kingdom lived very
well and they all supported the king.
We are not only unable to gain benefits
from attacking the Wei Kingdom, but it will also cause us great losses.
(Zhao Jianzi) After listening to (Shi Mo)'s
briefing.
He said after thinking about it.
Okay, let's not take action yet.
This idiom is used to remind us that we
must observe clearly the changes in the situation before taking action.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Before you make a major decision, what
preparations do you make in advance? Are you patient enough to wait for a
better time?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
按兵不動(We wait patiently for a better time)
中國的戰國時代，秦王國的宰相(呂不韋)主編了一套書。
書裡有一個故事。
晉王國有一個貴族，他的名字叫做(趙簡子)。
他計畫攻打衛王國。衛王國是一個小王國。
他先派了一個名字叫做(史默)的間諜到(衛王國)蒐集情報。
六個月後，(史默)回來了。
(趙簡子)問。你為何去了那麼久呢。
(史默)回答。ˊ我花了很多時間蒐集了許多百姓的意見。
根據我這半年的觀察，我建議我們必須放棄這一場進攻的計畫。
衛王國的國王他任用了好幾位很有才能的人協助他管理衛王國。
他又聘請孔子這位著名的學者當他的顧問。
衛王國的百姓生活都得很富裕並且都很擁戴國王。
我們現在攻打衛王國不但無法獲得利益，反而還會造成我們極大的損失。
(趙簡子)聽完(史默)的簡報。
他思考了一下後說。
好的，我們先不要採取行動。
這句成語被用來提醒我們在採取行動之前，必須先觀察清楚形勢的變化。
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。
你在做一個重大的決策之前你會事先做甚麼準備呢?你有足夠的耐心去等待更好的時機呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
