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.
中國的三國時代，中國有三個主要的王國。魏王國、吳王國與蜀漢王國。
蜀漢王國的國王名字叫做(劉備)。
他死後他的王位由他16歲的兒子繼承(劉禪)。
由於(劉禪)太年輕，所以當時真正掌握全國權力的人是蜀王國的宰相，宰相的名字是(諸葛亮)。
(劉備)死後四年，(諸葛亮)準備出兵打仗，在出發前，他寫了一封信給(劉禪)。
這封信的部分內容如下。
你的父親英年早逝，我們整個王國在你父親死後，陷入很危急的局面。
但幸好我們整個王國中的人都很感謝你的父親生前對我們的照顧。
在這幾年中，我們王國的所有官員都很勤奮的工作，所有的軍人都願意為了保衛我們王國犧牲。
所以我們才能度過這段困難的日子。
你現在已經長大了，你會承擔愈來愈多責任，整個王國的興亡都取決於你。
你不要過分的看輕自己。
你要向你的父親學習。
你在做一個重大決策前要多傾聽大家的意見。
你應該虛心接受別人對你的勸告。
你在獎勵與懲罰的時候要保持公平公正的原則。
你必須讓那一些誠實可靠而且工作能力好的官員擔任重要的職務，這些官員都曾是你父親的得力幫手。
如果你這樣做，那麼我們王國一定可以興盛繁榮。
這句成語的意思是你不要過分的看輕自己。
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。
你已經幾歲了呢?你的父母親都還健在嗎?你的父母親有那些值得你學習的優點呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為三國志-蜀書-諸葛亮傳。
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