A forgetful person(徙宅忘妻)
(Kong Qiu) is an outstanding educator. He
is one of the most influential thinkers in Chinese history. Confucius is the
honorific name given to him by people.
There is a story about him in history
books.
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China,
one day, the king of the Lu Kingdom had a dialogue with him.
Said the king.
I heard interesting news recently.
There is a forgetful person.
He forgot his wife after he moved. Have you
heard of it.
Confucius said.
I have heard about it, but I think it is
not exaggerated enough.
As far as I know, there is a person who is
more forgetful than him. This person has forgotten who he is.
Said the king.
I am very interested, please tell me this
story.
Confucius said.
This person is the last king of the Xia
Dynasty. This king is called (Jie).
Said the king.
What did he do.
Confucius said.
His status is noble, he has a lot of
wealth, and he thinks he can have these powers and money forever.
He drinks and has fun every day. In order
to satisfy his desires, the people in the entire kingdom fall into poverty and
pain.
He didn't like some upright ministers so he
killed them.
He was surrounded by some greedy and evil
ministers.
All the people later launched a revolution
to overthrow the entire Xia Dynasty. He was also killed.
So I think he has forgotten that he is also
a human, so he has this result.
The king was silent.
The king said a few minutes later.
I think what you said makes a lot of sense.
I should use this story to remind myself.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is careless and forgetful.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
What do you think are the most important
assets you really own? Do you think these assets are solid and reliable?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains
徙宅忘妻(A forgetful person)
(孔丘)是一位傑出的教育家。他是為中國歷史上最有影響力的思想家之一。孔夫子是人們對他的尊稱。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
中國的春秋時代，有一天，魯王國的國王與他對話。
國王說。
我最近聽到有趣的新聞。
有一個健忘的人。
他搬家後就忘記他的妻子了。你有聽過這件事嗎。
孔子說。
我有聽過這件事，但我認為這還不夠誇張。
據我所知，有一個人比他更健忘，這個人連自已是誰都忘記了。
國王說。
我很有興趣，請你告訴我這故事。
孔子說。
這個人就是夏王朝的最後一任國王。這位國王叫做(桀)。
國王說。
他做了甚麼事情呢。
孔子說。
他的身分尊貴，他擁有許多的財富，他以為他可以永遠擁有這些權力與金錢。
他每天喝酒玩樂，為了滿足他的慾望，整個王國中的百姓都陷入貧窮與痛苦。
他不喜歡一些正直的大臣所以他殺害了他們。
他的身邊圍繞著一些貪心與邪惡的大臣。
所有的百姓後來發動革命把整個夏王朝都推翻了。他也被殺掉了。
所以我認為他忘了自已也是人所以他有這個結果。
國王沉默了。
幾分鐘後國王說。
我認為你說的很有道理。我應該用這個故事提醒自已。
這句成語被用來形容一個人粗心又健忘。
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。
你認為你真正擁有的最重要的資產是甚麼呢?你認為這些資產是穩固可靠的嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫
出處為說苑-敬慎
https://www.arteducation.com.tw/guwen/bookv_10757.html
出處為孔子家語-賢君