Why is the mouth of this bronze statue
stuck with three seals(三緘其口)
During the Spring and Autumn Period in
China, Confucius took his students to travel to the capital of the Zhou
Dynasty.
They arrived in front of a house, which was
the ancestral temple of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty.
They saw a human-shaped bronze statue the
size of a normal person on the right front of the gate before entering the
ancestral temple.
But the strange thing is that the mouth of
this bronze statue is stuck with three seals.
Everyone watched around the bronze statue.
Suddenly a student shouted.
There is an article carved on the back of
this bronze statue.
This article turned out to be some proverbs
left by an ancient wise man to his descendants.
You have to be careful with your words,
because what you say may cause you trouble.
You must pay attention to your own
behavior, because what you do may bring you suffering.
You should pay attention when you are
happy, because disasters are likely to follow.
A little flame can cause a forest fire, and
a few trickles can converge into a big river.
You have to remain humble, you should learn
to endure and give in.
Don't do what everyone does, don't go where
everyone goes.
Finally, I want to remind you that you must
always remind yourself to maintain a kind heart.
If you do all these things, then you should
be able to avoid harm.
Confucius told the students after reading
this article.
The truth is very simple, but it is not
easy to do it.
You should keep these words in your heart
and remind yourself every day.
This idiom is used to remind us to speak
carefully.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you consider the feelings of others
before you speak? Do you think simple truths are still useful in this age?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
三緘其口(Why is the mouth of this bronze
statue stuck with three seals)
中國的春秋時代，孔子帶著他的學生們，一起到周王朝的首都去旅遊。
他們到了一棟房屋前，這個地方是周王朝的皇帝的宗廟。
他們在進入宗廟前的大門的右前方，看見有一個跟正常人一樣大小的人形銅像。
但是奇怪的是，這個銅像的嘴巴被三張封條貼住。
大夥便圍繞著這個銅像觀看。
突然有一個學生大喊。
這尊銅像的背後，竟然刻了一篇文章呢。
這篇文章竟然是一個古代的有智慧的人留給他子孫的一些箴言。
你要謹慎自己的言語啊，因為你說的話，可能會給你造成麻煩。
你要注意自已的行為啊，因為你做的事，可能會給你帶來患難。
你在快樂的時候要注意，因為災禍很可能會隨之在後。
一點點的火苗就能釀成森林大火，幾條涓涓細流可以匯聚成一條大河。
你要保持謙卑，你應該學會忍耐與退讓。
大家都做的事情你不要做，大家都去的地方你不要去。
最後我要提醒你，你要隨時提醒自已要保持一個善良的心。
這些事情如果你都做到，那你應該可以避免危害的來到了。
孔子看完這篇文章後對學生們說。
真理都是很簡單的，但是要做出來就不是件容易的事。
你們應該把這些話記在心裡，然後每天提醒自已啊。
這句成語被用來提醒我們說話要謹慎。
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。
你說話之前會考慮他人的感受嗎?你認為簡單的真理在這個時代還有用嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為劉向-說苑第十卷-敬慎