Why is his position higher than mine now(後來居上)
During the Han Dynasty in China, there was
a famous minister whose name was Ji An.
He is very capable of work, so he is very
conceited.
He often looks down on others.
He has good moral character, so he is very
proud.
He often criticizes others.
He often pointed out the king's
shortcomings in public in meetings.
The king was very angry, so the king
assigned him to an unimportant position.
A few years later, he saw several of his
former subordinates being reused by the king.
There is even a person whose position is
higher than him.
He was very unhappy.
Once he complained to the king.
My king. I really want to play for our
kingdom.
But I am like the bottom piece of wood in a
pile of wood. I have been ignored for a long time.
The newly chopped wood piled on top of me
has a chance to be used by you.
It is wrong for you to do this.
The king was silent.
The king still did not reuse him. He spent
his whole life depressed.
This idiom is used to describe the
achievements of the later ones surpassing the achievements of the first-comers.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
What do you think is the reason why the
king does not reuse him? If you were him, you would focus on complaining about
the environment and others or improving yourself.
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
後來居上(Why is his position higher than mine
now)
中國的漢王朝時代，有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做(汲黯)。
他工作能力很強，所以他很自負。
他常常瞧不起別人。
他道德品格很好，所以他很驕傲。
他常常會批評別人。
他常常在在會議中，當眾指出國王的缺點。
國王很生氣，國王就安排他到一個不重要的職位。
幾年之後，他看到自己幾個自己以前的部屬被國王重用。
甚至有一個人的職位已經高過他。
他很不開心。
有一次他對國王抱怨。
我的國王啊。我很想為我們王國效力。
但是我就像是一堆木頭中最下面的那一根木頭，我已經被忽略很久了。
堆在我上面的新砍下來的木頭反而有機會被你使用啊。
你這樣做是不對的。
國王沉默不語。
國王還是沒有重用他。他就很抑鬱的過完一生。
這句成語被用來形容後來人的成就勝過先到的人的成就。
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。
你認為國王不重用他的原因是甚麼呢?如果你是他，你會把重點放在抱怨環境與他人還是改進自己呢。
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記七十列傳-汲鄭列傳