Just a good person is not enough(一傅眾咻.)
During the Warring States Period in China,
a famous thinker (Mencius) had a conversation with one of his friends. The name
of this friend is (Dai Busheng).
He was an important minister of the Song
Kingdom. His main job is to manage the personnel in the palace.
He said.
There was a vacancy for the king's personal
guard, and I arranged for a kind and upright person to take this position.
I hope that the king can be influenced by
him.
(Mencius) replied.
This is a very good arrangement, but I
think the result is not optimistic.
he asks.
Why do you think so.
(Mencius) answered.
If your son is about to start learning the
language of Qi Kingdom.If you can choose, you should find someone from the Qi
Kingdom to teach your son, not from the Song Kingdom to teach your son.
Is my speculation correct?
He replied.
I do think so. I will find someone from Qi
Kingdom to be my son's teacher.
Mencius said.
We extend this question.
If you can choose, you can let your son
stay in our kingdom to learn the language of the Qi Kingdom, or you can let
your son go to the Qi Kingdom to learn the language of the Qi Kingdom.
Which kind of learning effect do you think
will be better?
He replied.
It should be better to study abroad.
In that place, everyone around him spoke
the language of the Qi Kingdom.
He has to use the language of the Qi
Kingdom every day, so he will make rapid progress.
(Mencius) said.
That's right, you look at the situation in
the palace now.
All the ministers, guards, and servants
around the king were dishonest and deceitful.
So I think if he is the only person who is
kind and upright, he has absolutely no way to influence the king.
This idiom is used to remind us that a
person's environment has a huge impact on him.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
You recall your own life experience, have
you been affected by the environment? Are these effects good or bad?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
一傅眾咻(Just a good person is not enough.)
中國的戰國時代，著名的思想家(孟子)與他的一個朋友對話。這個朋友的名字是(戴不勝)。
他是宋王國的一位重要的大臣。他主要的工作內容是管理王宮中的人事。
他說。
有一個國王貼身侍衛的職位空缺，我安排了一個又善良又正直的人去接替這個職位。
我希望國王可以因此被他影響。
(孟子)回話。
這是一件很好的安排，但是我認為結果並不樂觀。
他問。
你為何會這樣認為。
(孟子)回答。
如果你的兒子正要開始學習齊王國的語言。
如果可以選擇，你應該會找一個齊王國的人來教你的兒子，而不是找一個宋王國的人來教你的兒子。
我的推測是對的嗎。
他回答。
我的確會這樣認為。我會找一個齊王國的人來作為我兒子的老師。
孟子說。
我們延伸這個問題。
如果可以選擇，你可以讓你兒子待在我們王國內學習齊王國的語言，你也可以讓你兒子去齊王國學習齊王國的語言。
你認為那一種的學習效果會比較好。
他回答。
應該是出國去學習會比較好。
在那個地方，他周圍所有的人都說齊王國的語言。
他每天都必須使用齊王國的語言，所以他會進步很快。
(孟子)說。
這就對了，你看看現在王宮中的情況。
國王身邊的所有大臣與侍衛與僕人、每個人都不誠實而且詭詐。
所以我認為若是善良又正直的人只有他一位，他絕對沒有辦法對國王產生影響。
這句成語被用來提醒我們，一個人的環境對他的影響是很巨大的。
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。
你回憶一下自己的人生經驗，你有被環境所影響嗎?這些影響是好的還是壞的呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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