You must obey my orders. (生木造屋)
During the Warring States Period in China,
the prime minister of the Qin Kingdom (Lu Buwei) edited a set of books.
There is a story in the book.
During the Warring States Period in China,
the Song Kingdom had a minister named (Gao Yangying).
He wanted to build a new house, so he
specially ordered a batch of the best wood and hired the best carpenter.
The carpenter said to him after seeing this
batch of wood.
These pieces of wood are great, but we
can’t start work yet.
He asked confusedly.
Why
The carpenter replied.
Because the wood has just been cut down,
there is too much moisture in the wood.
We must wait until the wood is completely
dry before we can use it.
he asks.
Why wait until the wood is dry before we
can use it.
The carpenter replied.
I will use these wood to construct the
skeleton of this house.
Then I will apply wet soil on this
skeleton.
The wet soil is too heavy. These woods will
bend as a result.
If you build this house now, it will
collapse in less than a year.
He listened to the carpenter's answer. He
said to the carpenter.
I think your speculation is wrong.
According to my opinion, we can start
building this house now.
After our house is built, after a month,
the wood will get drier and harder.
The mud is just the opposite. The mud you
are applying now is very wet and heavier, but after a month, the mud will
become lighter after it dries.
The wood is getting harder and harder, and
the mud covering it is getting lighter and lighter, so the house is unlikely to
collapse.
He insisted on telling the carpenter.
You must listen to my orders. I am an
important minister of our kingdom. My opinion is absolutely correct.
The carpenter did not refute him any more.
The next day, the carpenter started to
build a house.
One month later, this tall and gorgeous
house was built. (Gao Yangying) happily moved in with his family.
After another six months, the house
collapsed.
The meaning of this idiom is to remind us
that we need to respect professionalism and objectivity. Our standing higher
than others does not mean that we are better than others.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you respect professionalism? Which one
of the two mentalities of persisting in doing the right thing and persisting in
being the right person is better?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
生木造屋(You must obey my orders.)
中國的戰國時代，秦王國的宰相(呂不韋)主編了一套書。
書裡有一個故事。
中國的戰國時代，宋王國有一個大臣，他的名字叫做(高陽應)。
他要蓋一間新的住宅，於是他特別訂購了一批最好的木頭，又請了一位最好的木匠。
這位木匠看到這一批木頭後對他說。
這些木頭很棒，但我們現在還不能開始動工。
他很迷惑地問。
為什麼呢
這位木匠回答。
因為這些木頭才剛被砍下來，木頭內的水分太多。
我們必須等到這些木頭完全乾燥後才能使用這些木頭。
他問。
為何要等到這些木頭乾燥後我們才能使用呢。
這位木匠回答。
我會這些木頭用來建構這棟房屋的骨架。
然後我會在這個骨架上面塗上濕的泥土。
這些濕的泥土太重了。這些木頭會因此彎折。
如果現在蓋這棟房屋，這棟房屋不到一年就會倒塌。
他聽完木匠的回答。他對木匠說。
我認為你的推測是錯誤的。
根據我的觀點，現在就可以開始建造這間房屋。
等我們房子蓋好之後，過一個月，木材就會愈來愈乾，也就愈來愈硬。
泥巴剛好相反，你現在塗上的泥巴比較很濕比較重，但一個月後，這些泥巴乾掉之後就反而會變輕。
木頭愈來愈堅硬，上面覆蓋的泥巴則是愈來愈輕，所以房子不可能會倒塌。
他態度很堅持的對木匠說。
你必須聽我的命令，我是我們王國重要的大臣，我的看法絕對是正確的。
這位木匠沒有再反駁他。
隔天，這位木匠就開始動工建造房屋。
一個月後，這一棟高大華麗的房子蓋好了。(高陽應)與他的家人開開心心地住了進去。
又過了半年，這棟房子就倒塌了。
這句成語的意思是提醒我們需要尊重專業與客觀。我們的身分比別人高不代表我們比別人更優秀。
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。
你尊重專業嗎?你認為堅持做正確的事與堅持做正確的人這兩種心態，那一種比較好呢。
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為呂氏春秋-似順論-別類