Why do you keep these wastes?(木屑竹頭)
The Jin Dynasty in China. There is a famous
general. His name is (Tao Kan).
There is a story about him in history
books.
Once, he took an order and he supervised
the construction of a very large ship.
During the construction process, a lot of
wood and bamboo are needed.
The workers produced a lot of sawdust after
sawing the wood.
After the workers cut all the bamboos to
the same length, many small bamboos of different lengths were left behind.
He ordered several soldiers to collect all
these wastes and pile them up neatly.
His staff asked him.
May I ask why we should keep these wastes.
He smiled and he didn't answer.
The spring of the second year, the first
day of the new year.
According to the tradition of the army, all
soldiers must be assembled in the square of the barracks before sunrise.
But the staff officer found that this
year's assembly speed was faster than in previous years, and the expressions of
all soldiers were pleasantly surprised.
The staff officer took a closer look and
found that the entire square was covered with wood chips.
If the square is not covered with these
sawdust, the entire square will be muddy because of melting snow.
But this year because of these wood chips,
this problem was solved.
Two more years later, the Jin Dynasty was
going to send troops to fight, and this time it was necessary to build several
battle ships.
He once again ordered the soldiers to take
out the small bamboos of various lengths collected earlier.
These little bamboos have been dried after
several years of storage.
He ordered the soldiers to make these
little bamboos into bamboo nails. Used in the construction of ships.
He cherishes resources very much.
This idiom is used to remind us that
useless things will generate new value under different circumstances.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Have you ever thought about how to give new
value to useless things? How can you reduce your own use of disposable
products?
I hope this story will help you produce
some new gains.
木屑竹頭(Why do you keep these wastes?)
在中國的晉王朝。有一個著名的將軍。他的名字叫做（陶侃）。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
有一次，他接一個命令，他監工建造一艘很大的船。
在建造過程中，需要大量的木頭與竹子。
工人們鋸完木頭後產生了很多的木屑。
工人們把所有竹子裁切成一樣長度後，留下很多長短不一的小竹子。
他命令幾個士兵把這些廢棄物都蒐集起來並且堆放整齊。
他的參謀就問他。
請問我們為何要保留這些廢棄物呢。
他笑了笑他沒有回答。
第二年的春天，新年的第一天。
按照軍隊的傳統，所有的士兵在日出之前必須全部集結在營區的廣場。
但這個參謀發現，今年的集合速度比往年更快，而且所有士兵的表情都很驚喜。
這個參謀仔細一看，原來整個廣場上鋪滿了許多的木屑。
如果廣場上沒有鋪上這些木屑，整個廣場會因為積雪融化而泥濘不堪。
但是今年因為這些木屑，就解決了這個問題。
又過了兩年，晉王朝要出兵打仗，這一次又需要建造幾艘戰鬥用的船隻。
他再次吩咐士兵把之前蒐集的長短不一的小竹子拿出來。
這些小竹子經過幾年的存放已經乾燥。
他吩咐士兵把這些小竹子做成竹釘。使用在船隻的建造上。
他非常地珍惜資源。
這句成語被用來提醒我們，沒用的東西在不同的情況之下，就會產生新的價值。
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。
你是否想過如何把沒有用的東西重新賦予新的價值呢？你如何減少自已使用一次性消費的產品呢?
我期待這故事有助於你產生一些新的收穫。
出處晉書-列傳第36章-陶侃傳