Red tape (繁文縟節)
During the Tang Dynasty in China, there was
a famous minister. He is also a famous poet, and his name is (Yuan Zhen).
One day, the king said to him.
I will hold a grand ceremony next year. I
want to worship and thank God on behalf of everyone, and at the same time I
want to worship my ancestors.
This grand ceremony has many complicated
etiquettes and regulations, and these complicated etiquettes and regulations
have standard operating procedures.
I think if the whole ceremony is to be held
perfectly. I need to arrange a very experienced person as the general person in
charge of this project.
He must arrange all the details of this
ceremony, and he also needs to train a group of staff specifically for this
ceremony.
This task is very important, so I want to
arrange (Wang Yong), an elderly minister, to perform this task.
You draft this personnel order first.
By the way, you have to encourage him in
this personnel order and ask him to do his best to complete this work.
(Yuan Zhen) drafted this personnel order.
After the king approved, the personnel
order was officially announced.
This idiom comes from this personnel order.
The meaning of this idiom is to describe
red tape.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Have you ever participated in a ceremony
with a complicated ceremony? Have you executed any important projects?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
繁文縟節(Red tape)
中國的唐王朝時代，有一個著名的大臣。他也是一個著名的詩人，他的名字叫做(元稹)。
有一天，國王對他說。
我明年要舉辦一場盛大的典禮。我要代表所有人祭祀並感謝上帝，同時我要祭拜我的祖先們。
這一場盛大的典禮有很多很繁複的禮節與規定，這些繁複的禮節與規定都已經有標準的作業流程。
我認為如果要讓整場典禮能夠完美的舉辦。我需要安排一個很有經驗的人作為這個專案的總負責人。
他必須安排這場典禮的所有細節，他還需要為了這場典禮專門訓練一批工作人員。
這個任務非常的重要，所以我想安排(王永)這一位年長的大臣執行這份任務。
你先草擬這一份人事命令。
對了，你要在這份人事命令中勉勵他，請他要盡全力的完成這項工作。
(元稹)草擬了這份人事命令。
國王認可後，這份人事命令就正式公告。
這句成語就是出自這分人事命令。
這句成語的意思是形容繁文縟節。
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。
你是否有參加過儀式很複雜的典禮呢?你有執行過甚麼很重要的專案嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為唐-元稹-授王永太常博士制
