A businessman who is not trustworthy(賈人渡河)
There was a famous politician in the Ming
Dynasty of China, his name was (Liu Ji).
He is known as one of the most capable
prime ministers in Chinese history.
He wrote a story.
There was a fisherman. One day while he was
fishing, he saw a boat hit a reef in the distance and a man fell into the
water.
He hurried to drive the boat to save this
man.
When he approached the man, the man yelled.
Come and save me, I am a rich businessman,
if you save me, I am willing to give you 100 gold coins.
The fisherman rescued the merchant and
drove the boat to the shore.
After the businessman took a breather, he
took out 10 gold coins from his pocket and gave them to the fisherman.
Said the businessman.
Thank you, these are your honorariums.
The fisherman asked.
Didn’t you just say you want to give me 100
gold coins?
Said the businessman.
You are really a greedy person. How much
money you can earn by fishing for a day, are you still not satisfied with the
10 gold coins you got today?
After saying this, the businessman left.
The fisherman did not speak.
Three months later, the businessman took a
boat to the lower reaches of the river to do business again.
Unexpectedly, this time the ship hit the
rocks again and the merchant fell into the water again.
The fisherman saw someone falling into the
water from a distance, so he was going to save him.
But when the fisherman approached this man
in a boat, the fisherman discovered that he was the untrustworthy businessman
three months ago.
This time the fisherman did not save him.
This idiom is used to remind us not to make
promises lightly, we must keep our promises after we promise.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you think that when the businessman fell
into the water for the first time, even if he did not promise to give the
fisherman 100 gold coins, the fisherman would not save him? If you were a
fisherman, would you save him the second time?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
賈人渡河(A businessman who is not trustworthy)
中國的明王朝有一個著名的政治家，他的名字叫做(劉基)。
他被稱為中國歷史上最有能力的宰相之一。
他寫過一個故事。
有一個漁夫，有一天他正在捕魚的時候，他看見遠方有一艘船撞到礁石，有一個人掉入了水裡。
他趕緊駕著船要過去救這一個人。
當他接近這個人時，這個人大喊。
快來救我，我是一個有錢的商人，你如果救了我，我願意給你100個金幣。
漁夫把這個商人救起來，然後把船開到岸邊。
這個商人稍作喘息後，他從自已的口袋中拿出10個金幣交給這個漁夫。
這個商人說。
謝謝你，這些是給你的酬金。
漁夫問。
你剛才不是說要給我100個金幣嗎。
這個商人說。
你真的是一個貪心的人。你捕魚一天才可以賺多少錢，你今天得到這10個金幣你還不滿足嗎。
說完這句話這個商人就走了。
漁夫沒有說話。
三個月後，這個商人搭著船再次要到河的下游做生意。
沒想到，這一次船又觸礁，這位商人又落入水中了。
這個漁夫遠遠的看見有人落水，就要過去救這個人。
但是這個漁夫駕著船接近這個人時，漁夫發現他是三個月前那一個沒信用的商人。
這一次漁夫沒有救他。
這句成語被用來提醒我們不要輕易承諾，我們承諾後就要守信用。
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。
你認為這個商人第一次落水時，就算他沒有答應要給漁夫100個金幣，漁夫就不會救他嗎?你若是漁夫你第二次會救他嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為劉基-郁離子-卷上-賈人