He owes a lot of debts(債台高築)

 He owes a lot of debts(債台高築)

 

The last king of China's Zhou Dynasty, his name was (Ji Yan).

 

At that time, the king of the Zhou Dynasty was less and less powerful and all the vassal kingdoms were more and more powerful.

 

All the vassal kingdoms do not listen to the command of the Zhou Dynasty. .

 

All the vassal kingdoms only respect him on the surface as the common king of all the vassal kingdoms, but they despise him in their hearts.

 

These vassal kingdoms originally would regularly pay tribute to him.

 

However, because the vassal kingdoms often fight with each other, each vassal kingdom has spent huge military expenditures.

Therefore, all vassal kingdoms no longer contribute money.

 

At that time, only a small piece of land could be controlled by the Zhou Dynasty, and the tax collected could not meet the huge expenditures of the entire royal family.

 

He had to borrow money from some rich people to maintain the huge expenditure of the entire royal family.

 

But the borrowed money will eventually need to be repaid.

Later, because he had been in arrears and did not repay, these wealthy people united to ask him for this huge loan.

 

In order to escape these creditors, he hid on a high platform in his palace, and he refused to meet everyone.

 

 

This idiom is used to describe a person who owes a lot of money.

 

 

Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts did you have after hearing this story.

How do you avoid falling into a crisis of debt? What are your financial plans? If you were him, what would you do?

I hope this story will give you some new gains.

 


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債台高築(He owes a lot of debts)

 

中國的周王朝最後一任國王,他的名字叫做(姬延)

 

當時周王朝的國王他的勢力愈來愈小而所有的附庸王國勢力愈來愈大。

 

所有的附庸王國都不聽周王朝的指揮。。

 

所有的附庸王國只是表面上尊敬他是所有附庸王國共同的國王,但是心裡都瞧不起他。

 

這些附庸王國原先都會定期進貢金錢給他。

 

但是由於各附庸王國之間時常互相爭戰,各個附庸王國都花費了巨大的軍事支出。

因此所有的附庸王國就不再進貢金錢。

 

當時周王朝可以控制的土地範圍只有一小塊,所得的稅收無法應付整個皇室龐大的支出。

 

他只好跟一些富豪們借錢,維持整個皇室龐大的開支。

 

但是借錢終需要還。

後來由於他一直拖欠不還款,因此這些富豪們便聯合起來向他索討這一筆龐大的借款。

 

他為了逃避這些債主們,他就躲到他皇宮內的一座高台上,所有人他都拒絕見面。

 

 

這句成語被用來形容一個人欠了非常多的錢。

 

 

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。

你如何避免自已陷入負債的危機呢?你有何財務規劃?你如果是他,你會怎樣做呢?

我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。

 

 

出處為漢書卷14-諸侯王表第二 東漢班固編撰 唐顏師古注

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