This thing is very bright and the colour is
very eye-catching(光彩溢目)
In the Western Jin Dynasty of China, there
was a famous man who accumulated a lot of wealth through illegal means. His
name was (Shi Chong).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He had a very rich friend who was the
king's uncle. His name is (Wang Kai).
One day, (Wang Kai) went to his house to
look for him.
(Wang Kai) said to him.
Yesterday, the king gave me a valuable
treasure. Do you want to see it?
He said.
OK. I'd like to see it.
(Wang Kai) then ordered his servant to take
a bag out of the box and put it on the table.
After opening the bag, there was a coral
about 60 centimetres long, very bright and eye-catching in colour.
After looking at it, he suddenly picked up
a small iron rod on the table and smashed the precious coral into pieces.
(Wang Kai) was startled by his behaviour
and it took him about ten seconds to shout at him angrily.
What are you doing? Why are you doing this?
You actually broke this precious treasure
of mine into pieces.
Are you jealous that I have this thing, are
you doing it on purpose?
He looked at Wang Kai with a smile.
Then he slowly said something.
Don't be angry. I'll make it up to you,
okay?
He turned around and gave the servant some
instructions.
Ten minutes later, a dozen servants came
into the room where the two of them were talking.
Each servant holds a precious coral in his
hand. Among these precious corals, there are more than 7 that are over 90
centimetres tall and have more beautiful colours and styles than Wang Kai's
precious corals.
(Wang Kai) looked disappointed.
This idiom is used to describe something
that is very bright and the colour is very eye-catching.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you like to compare yourself to others?
What do you think is a really good comparison?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
光彩溢目(This thing is very bright and the colour is very eye-catching)
中國的西晉王朝，有一個名士，他透過不法的手段累積了很多的財富，他的名字叫做(石崇)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他有一個很有錢的朋友，這個朋友是國王的舅舅。他的名字叫做(王愷)。
有一天，(王愷)到他的家中去找他。
(王愷)對他說。
昨天國王送我一個珍貴的寶物，你一定沒有看過。你想看嗎。
他說。
好啊。我很想要看看。
(王愷)便吩咐他的僕人從箱子中拿出一個袋子放在桌上。
這個袋子打開後，裡面是一個高度約60公分、非常豔麗而且色彩非常的搶眼的珊瑚。
他看了一眼後，就突然隨手拿起桌上的一根小鐵杖把這個珍貴的珊瑚砸碎。
(王愷)被他這個行為嚇了一跳，過了大約十秒鐘才生氣的對他大喊。
你在幹甚麼?你為何做這件事?
你竟然把我的這個珍貴的寶物打碎。
你忌妒我擁有這個東西，你是故意的對嗎?
他微笑著看著王愷。
然後他慢慢的說了一句話。
你不要生氣了，我賠償一個給你好嗎。
他轉頭吩咐了僕人幾句話。
過了十分鐘，十幾個僕人走到他們兩個人談話的房間中。
每個僕人的手上都抱著一顆珍貴珊瑚。這些珍貴珊瑚中，超過90公分的而且顏色與樣式比王愷的珍貴珊瑚更漂亮的就有超過7個以上。
(王愷)顯露出失落的神色。
這一句成語被用來形容一件東西或非常豔麗而且色彩非常的搶眼。
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。
你喜歡跟別人比較嗎?你認為真正好的比較是甚麼呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為世說新語-汰侈-第8條
https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E8%AA%AA%E6%96%B0%E8%AA%9E/%E6%B1%B0%E4%BE%88
