We paid a lot of labor but didn't get any results(徒勞無功)
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China,
the Qi Kingdom had an outstanding politician. His name is (Guan Zhong).
He is known as one of the most capable
prime ministers in Chinese history.
After he passed away, his students wrote a
book which recorded his thoughts and philosophy.
There is a paragraph in the book as
follows.
You observe the crows in the wild. Although
the crows gather in a large group, these crows are not close to each other.
You think about all your friends. The
friends you make casually, although the relationship with each other looks very
strong, it is actually very easy to untie.
So I warn you, you must be very cautious
when dealing with others.
When you want to make friends, you must
first see if the person is reliable, and then you decide whether to make
friends with him.
When you want to assign work, you must
first see whether this person is worthy of entrustment, and then you decide
whether to hand over the work to him.
When you want to communicate with someone,
you must first see if the person is sensible, and then you decide how to
communicate with him.
If we do not grasp this point, we will make
some unreliable friends.
We will give the work to people who are not
worthy of entrustment, and we will not have good communication.
We will put a lot of effort into it, but we
can't produce results at all.
This idiom is used to describe that we
spend a lot of effort to do a thing, but it is completely ineffective.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you agree with his point of view? Do you
think it is easy to change a person or to let this person use his talents?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
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徒勞無功(We paid a lot of labor but didn't get
any results)
中國的春秋時代，齊王國有一位傑出的政治家。他的名字是(管仲)。
他被稱為中國歷史上最有能力的宰相之一。
他過世之後，他的學生們寫了一本書，這本書中記錄了他的思想與哲學。
書裡面有一段文字如下。
你們觀察野外的烏鴉，烏鴉雖然會聚集成一大群，但是這些烏鴉們鼻此之間並不親密。
你們回想你們所有朋友。你們隨便結交的朋友，雖然彼此的關係看起來很牢固，但其實很容易解開。
所以我告誡你們，你們與他人交往時要非常的慎重啊。
你們要結交朋友時，要先看這個人是否可靠，你們再決定是否跟他結交。
你們要交辦工作時，要先看這個人是否值得託付，你們再決定是否把工作交給他。
你們要與人溝通時，要先看這個人是否懂事，你們再決定如何與他溝通。
我們若是沒有掌握這個重點，我們就會到結交到一些不可靠的朋友。
我們就會把工作交代給不值得託付的人，我們就會沒有良好的溝通。
我們會付出相當多的心力，但卻完全無法產生成效啊。
這句成語被用來形容我們做一件事情，花費的很大的力氣但卻完全沒有成效。
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。
你認同他的觀點嗎?你認為改變一個人容易還是讓這個人發揮他的天賦容易呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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