He caused his own great damage for a little profit.(貪小失大)
During the Warring States Period, China
split into many kingdoms.
Sichuan Province in China now belonged to
the Kingdom of Shu at that time.
The geographical environment of the Kingdom
of Shu is very special, surrounded by mountains, and the Kingdom of Shu is
located in a large basin surrounded by mountains.
Because the Kingdom of Shu has this natural
barrier, it has never encountered invasions by other kingdoms after the kingdom
was founded.
One day, the king of the Shu Kingdom was
very excited.
He heard a rumor a few weeks ago.
There is a small village at the border of
Shu Kingdom and Qin Kingdom.
A villager found a mysterious bull statue
in the forest.
This bull statue is magical, and it
excretes gold every morning.
He sent several military officers to
confirm the authenticity of the news a few days ago.
Today these military officers reported that
this rumor was true.
He was determined to obtain this magical
bull statue.
He gave orders to several ministers in the
kingdom.
I give you a task. You have to find a way
to build a road to the small village on the border.
No matter how much you spend, you must do
it as soon as possible.
The road opened two months later.
He sent a convoy to transport this magical
bull statue back to the palace.
One month later, the statue finally reached
its destination.
He was very happy, he said to himself.
I can get a lot of gold every day starting
tomorrow. I will become very rich.
He did not expect that in the evening, the
army of the Qin Kingdom attacked the capital of the Shu Kingdom.
All the soldiers were completely
defenseless.
The next morning, the army of the Kingdom
of Qin occupied and controlled the capital of the Kingdom of Shu. The Kingdom
of Shu was wiped out.
It turned out that this matter was a
conspiracy, and the king of the Qin Kingdom took advantage of the greed of the
king of the Shu Kingdom.
Easily occupy this Kingdom of Shu, which
could not have been successfully attacked.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
has caused heavy losses because of his greed for small gains.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Have you experienced any losses due to
greed? What do you think is the most important principle to avoid being
deceived?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
此圖片來自百度百科
貪小失大(He caused his own great damage for a
little profit.)
中國的戰國時代，中國分裂成有許多的王國。
現在中國的四川省當時是屬於蜀王國。
蜀王國的地理環境十分特殊，周圍全是高山，蜀王國就位於高山環繞的一個很大的盆地之中。
因為蜀王國有這天然的屏障所以創立王國之後都沒有遭遇過其他王國的侵略。
有一天，蜀王國的國王非常的興奮。
他在幾個星期前聽到一個傳聞。
蜀王國與秦王國的國界交界處有一個小村莊。
有一個村民在森林中發現一尊神秘的公牛雕像。
這個公牛雕像具有魔力，它每天早上都會排泄出黃金。
他幾天前派出幾個軍官去確認這個消息的真實性。
今天這幾個軍官回報說這件傳聞是真實的。
他下定決心要取得這一尊具有魔力的公牛雕像。
他對王國內的幾個大臣下達命令。
我給你們一個任務，你們要想辦法建出一條道路到達國界的那個小村莊。
你們不管花多大的代價都要儘快完成。
兩個月後這條道路開通。
他派出車隊將這一件具有魔力的公牛雕像運回皇宮。
一個月後，這件雕像終於到達目的地。
他非常的開心，他對自己說。
我從明天開始就可以每天獲得許多的黃金。我會變得非常富有。
他沒有想到就在當天晚上，秦王國的軍隊偷襲蜀王國的首都。
所有的士兵們完全沒有防備。
隔天早上，秦王國的軍隊就占領並且控制了蜀王國的首都。蜀王國從此被消滅。
原來，這一件事情是個陰謀，秦王國的國王利用蜀王國國王的貪念。
輕鬆的佔領這個原本不可能成功攻打的蜀王國。
這句成語被用來形容一個人因為因貪圖小利而造成重大損失。
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。
你有因為貪心而遭受到損失的經驗嗎?你認為避免受騙最重要的原則是甚麼呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
本文出處為劉子新論-卷第九-貪愛49條
