I don't know what to do to be right.(不知所措)
During the Spring and Autumn Period in
China, there was an outstanding statesman in the Qi Kingdom. He is known as one
of the most capable prime ministers in Chinese history. His name is (Guan
Zhong).
He wrote a book.
There is a chapter in the book where he
writes what he thinks a good king and a good minister should behave like.
In this chapter, he also listed the
behavior patterns of six bad kings and six bad ministers.
There is a pattern of behavior of a bad
king in it as follows.
This type of king can suddenly be happy and
suddenly angry.
You don't know why he's happy or angry.
If a subordinate makes a mistake, he will
punish the person with the most severe punishment. He has no mercy.
His ministers were always in a state of
panic. These ministers were afraid of being executed by the king, so they would
suit the king's mood to cater to the king.
These ministers don't say what's in their
hearts
If the king of a kingdom is this type of
person, then the decree and policy of the kingdom is like a fake, because
whether a thing is right or not depends on his mood.
The kingdom will gradually decline, and
unrest will begin.
The meaning of this idiom is to describe a
person who is in a state of panic and does not know what to do to be right.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you have the same type of friend as this
king? What do you think is the most important trait of a good leader?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
可參考本部落格
https://chinesewordingconsultant.blogspot.com/search?q=%E7%AE%A1%E4%BB%B2
不知所措(I don't know what to do to be right.)
中國的春秋時代，齊王國有一位傑出的政治家。他被稱為中國歷史上最有能力的宰相之一。他的名字叫做(管仲)。
他寫了一本書。
這本書中有一章，他寫出他認為一個好的國王與一個好的大臣該有怎樣的行為模式。
在這一章中，他同時分別列舉了六種不好的國王與六種不好的大臣的行為模式。
裡面有一種不好的國王的行為模式如下。
這一類型的國王會突然開心，又會突然的生氣。
你搞不清楚他會因為什麼原因而開心與生氣。
如果有一個部屬犯了錯，他會用最嚴厲的罰則去處罰這個人。他沒有寬容的心。
他手下的大臣們時刻處在驚恐之中，這些大臣們因為害怕被國王處死所以他們會配合國王的心情去迎合國王。
這些大臣們不會說出自己內心真正的看法
如果一個王國的國王是這種類型的人，那麼這個王國的法令政策就如同虛設，因為一件事情的正確與否取決於他的心情。
這個王國會日漸衰落，更會開始發生動亂。
這句成語的意思是形容一個人惶恐不安，這個人不知道該怎麼做才會是對的。
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。
你有沒有與這個國王同一種類型的朋友呢?你認為一個好的領導者最重要的特質為何呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為法家-管子-七臣七主