Don't underestimate yourself(妄自菲薄)
During China's Three Kingdoms era, China
had three main kingdoms. Wei Kingdom, Wu Kingdom and Shuhan Kingdom.
The name of the king of the Shuhan Kingdom
is (Liu Bei).
After his death, his throne was inherited
by his 16-year-old son (Liu Chan).
In the next few years of the Kingdom of
Shuhan, the person who really held the power of the whole country was the prime
minister (Zhuge Liang).
Four years after (Liu Bei) died, (Zhuge Liang) was ready to send troops to fight, and before he set off, he wrote a letter to (Liu Chan).
Part of the content of this letter is as
follows.
Your father died young, and our entire
kingdom was in a critical situation after your father's death.
But fortunately, people in our entire
kingdom are very grateful to your father for taking care of us during his
lifetime.
In the past few years, all officials in our
kingdom have worked very hard, and all soldiers are willing to sacrifice for
the defense of our kingdom.
So we can get through this difficult time.
Now that you have grown up, you will take
on more and more responsibilities. The rise and fall of the entire kingdom
depends on you.
Don't underestimate yourself too much.
You have to learn from your father.
You should listen to everyone's opinions
before making a major decision.
You should humbly accept the advice of
others.
You must maintain the principle of fairness
and justice when rewarding and punishing.
You must give important positions to those honest and competent officials who were your father's right-hand man.
If you do this, then our kingdom can
definitely prosper.
The meaning of this idiom is that you
should not underestimate yourself too much.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
How old are you? Are your parents still
alive? Do your parents have those advantages that are worth learning from you?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.