You don't take it too seriously(姑妄言之)
He is a famous politician and gourmet, he
is an outstanding writer and calligrapher. He is one of the favorite poets of
the Chinese. His name is (Su Shi).
There was a person in the Song Dynasty called (Ye Mengde) who recorded a story about him in a book he wrote.
He suffered a great setback in his middle
age.
He was demoted, and he was transferred to a
very remote place in southern China.
Although he was still a nominal government
official at the time, he had no power and no salary.
So he is free every day.
He would find some good friends to come and
chat at home every day.
Sometimes his good friends have no time to
come to his home, and he feels bored at home alone.
He will take the initiative to visit some
friends who have not seen each other for a long time.
He likes to get together with his friends.
If one day he did not see any friends, he
would be in a bad mood that day.
He has a very cheerful personality.
He maintains a high interest in any topic.
He is sincere to anyone.
A person's status is not important to him.
So he has many friends from all social classes.
These friends also liked him very much.
On several occasions, he chatted with
friends all day long, and they had no idea what to talk about next.
He said to everyone.
Let's talk about some ghost stories.
Let us share the ghost stories we have
heard of each other.
Some friends will say.
I don't believe that there are ghosts in
this world, I think there are no ghosts in this world.
He said with a smile.
You can pretend to have ghosts.
Although you think there are no ghosts in
this world, there is no way for you to prove that there are really no ghosts in
this world.
This is just a chat topic, don’t take it too seriously,
These friends all laughed.
This idiom means you don't take it too
seriously.
Dear friend, how do you feel or think after
hearing this story.
Do you think there are ghosts in this
world? How would you adjust your mentality if you suffered a great setback like
him?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
姑妄言之(You don't take it too seriously)
他是一名著名的政治家與美食家，他是一名傑出的文學家與書法家。他是中國人最喜愛的詩人之一。他的名字是(蘇軾)。
宋王朝有一個叫做(葉夢得)的人，在他寫的書中紀錄了一個有關他的故事。
他在中年的時候遭遇極大的挫折。
他被降職，他被調職到很偏遠的中國南方。
他當時雖然還名義上還是政府官員，但是他沒有任何的權力，他也沒有薪水。
所以他每天都很閒。
他每天都會找一些好朋友來家裡聊天。
有時候他的好朋友們沒空來他的家，他一個人在家覺得很無聊。
他就會主動去拜訪一些比較久沒有見面的朋友們。
他很喜歡與朋友們聚在一起。
如果有一天他沒有見到任何朋友，他當天的心情就會很不好。
他的個性很開朗。
他對任何話題都保持著很高昂的興趣。
他對任何人都很真誠。
一個人的身分高低對他而言並不重要。所以各種社會階層的朋友他都有很多。
這些朋友們也都很喜歡他。
有幾次，他與朋友聊天聊了一整天，他們聊到已經不知道接下來該聊什麼。
他便對大家說。
我們大家來說點鬼故事好了。
我們各自分享一下彼此聽過的鬼故事。
有些朋友會說。
我不相信這世上有鬼，我認為這世界上並沒有鬼。
他笑著說。
你可以假裝有鬼啊。
雖然你認為這世界上沒有鬼，但你也沒有辦法證明這世界上真的沒有鬼啊。
這只是一個聊天的話題，你不要太當真，
這些朋友們都笑了。
這句成語的意思是你不要太當真。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認為這世上有鬼嗎?你如果像他一樣遭遇極大的挫折，你會怎樣調整自己的心態呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋-葉夢得避暑錄話-卷上-9條