I will let these turtledoves free(獻鳩放生)
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China, a
famous thinker (Lee Yukou), he wrote a story.
There was a famous minister in the Jin
Kingdom, whose name was (Zhao Jianzi).
One day, a good friend of his came to his
house as a guest.
The two people talked very happily.
While they were talking, the servants in
his house reported to him.
Today, dozens of people have caught more
than 100 turtledoves, and these people brought these turtledoves to our home.
May I just follow the usual practice and
buy all turtledoves at a price of 100 yuan each with them.
He said to the servant.
Okay, just do it as usual.
His good friend felt strange and asked him.
Why do you buy so many turtledoves? And the
money you buy far exceeds the market price.
He answered with a smile.
Every turtle dove is a life. If I didn't
buy them, they would end up being eaten.
After I buy these turtledoves, I will set
them free.
His good friend said after hearing his
answer.
Your starting point is good, but your
motivational method may lead to counter-effects.
In order to earn the bounty, these people
raced to capture many turtledoves. I believe that more turtledoves have died
because of this than the living turtledoves.
Do you want to show your kindness. You
should directly prohibit the people from capturing.
Your current way of cherishing turtledoves
is instead encouraging everyone to catch turtledoves in disguise, causing more
turtledoves to die.
He finished listening to these words. He
said to this good friend.
What you said is right, I will change it
immediately.
This idiom reminds us that the starting
point of some of our actions is good, but it may cause bad results. So we must
be more cautious.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you have any experience similar to this
situation in your life? How can you avoid bad results from your own kindness?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
獻鳩放生(I will let these turtledoves free)
中國的春秋時代，著名的思想家(列禦寇)，他寫了一個故事。
晉王國有一個著名的大臣，這個大臣的名字叫(趙簡子)。
有一天，他的一個好朋友來他家裡作客。
兩個人談話非常的愉快。
他們在談話的過程中，他家中的僕人對他報告。
今天有好幾十位百姓抓了超過100隻斑鳩，這些百姓帶著這些斑鳩來到我們家裡。
請問我就照之前的慣例，每一隻斑鳩用100塊錢的價格，跟他們全部買下來好嗎。
他對這個僕人說。
好的，你就照之前的慣例去做。
他的好朋友覺得奇怪便問他。
為何你家要買那麼多斑鳩呢。而且你買的錢遠遠超過市價行情。
他笑著回答。
每隻斑鳩都是一個生命。如果我沒有買下牠們，牠們的下場應該就是被吃掉。
我買了這些斑鳩後，我會讓牠們自由。
他的好朋友聽完他的回答說。
你的出發點是好的，但是你的激勵方式可能會導致反效果呢。
這些百姓為了賺那些賞金，所以他們競相捕捉許多的斑鳩，我相信因此而死掉的斑鳩比現在這些活著的斑鳩還更多。
你想要展現你的善良嗎。你應該直接禁止百姓捕捉。
你現在的這種愛惜斑鳩的方式，反而是變相在在鼓勵大家多去抓斑鳩，造成更多斑鳩的死亡呢。
他聽完這些話。他對這個好朋友說。
你說的是對的，我立刻就改。
這句成語被提醒我們，我們一些行為的出發點是好的，但可能反而會造成不好的效果。所以我們必須更謹慎。
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。
你生活中有與過與這情況類似的經驗嗎?你要如何避免自已的善意帶來不好的結果呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為列子-說符
