The fruit of that plum tree is bitter(道旁苦李)
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China, there was a famous minister whose name is (Wang Rong).
One of his stories is recorded in history
books.
When he was seven years old, one day his
teacher took him out for an outing with some children of the same age.
Everyone walked together, everyone was
talking and laughing.
Suddenly a kid shouted.
Look at it, there is a plum tree in front
with many plums on it.
We all go over to pick plums and eat.
All the children cheered, except (Wang
Rong), all the children ran over and climbed the tree to pick plums.
The teacher asked him.
Why don't you go pick plums.
He replied.
Those plums are bitter and unpalatable.
The teacher asked.
Why do you think those plums are very
bitter and unpalatable.
He replied.
This plum tree grows by the side of the
road. Many people come and go.
If these plums are delicious, they would
have been eaten up by passers-by.
So I guess these plums must be very bitter
and unpalatable.
He just finished saying this.
The few children who climbed the tree first
yelled.
Damn. These plums are so bitter and
unpalatable.
This idiom is extended to describe a
person's poor ability
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts did you have after hearing this story.
Do you think everyone thinks good things must be right? How do you exercise your ability to think independently?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
道旁苦李(The fruit of that plum tree is bitter)
中國的東晉時代，有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做(王戎)。
歷史書上記載了他的一個故事。
他七歲的時候，有一天，他的老師帶著他與一些同年齡的小朋友一起出去郊遊。
眾人一起走著，大家說說笑笑。
突然有一個小朋友大喊。
快看，前面有一棵李樹，樹上有好多李子。
我們大家快過去摘李子吃。
所有小朋友歡呼，除了(王戎)，所有的小朋友都跑過去並且爬上樹去摘李子。
老師就問他。
你為何不過去採李子阿。
他回答。
那些李子是苦的很難吃。
老師問。
你為何會認為那些李子很苦很難吃呢。
他回答。
這顆李子樹長在路邊。來來往往的人很多。
如果這些李子好吃，這些李子早就被路人們吃光光了。
所以我推測這些李子一定很苦很難吃。
他這句話剛說完。
幾個最先爬上樹的幾個小朋友大叫。
哎呀。這些李子好苦好難吃阿。
這句成語被引申用來形容一個人的能力很差
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。
你認為大家都認為好的事情就一定是正確的嗎?你如何鍛鍊自己獨立思考的能力呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為世說新語-雅量
https://ctext.org/shi-shuo-xin-yu/ya-liang/zh
出處為晉書-卷43-王戎傳
https://www.arteducation.com.tw/guwen/bookv_6620.html
