A fly in the ointment(美中不足)
At the end of the Ming Dynasty in China,
there was a playwright whose name was (Wu Qiu Rui).
He wrote a play.
The protagonist of this play is a famous
minister of the Jin Dynasty, whose name is (Tao Kan).
There is a passage in the play as follows.
One day, (Tao Kan) had a dream.
In the dream, he grew wings.
He was happy to fly into the sky, he flew
to heaven, he passed one gate, two gates, three gates.
After he flew past eight huge and beautiful
doors in a row, he saw the largest and most beautiful door in front of him.
He accelerated and flew towards the ninth
door.
At this time, a gatekeeper suddenly
appeared from the side, and the gatekeeper took out a large wooden staff and
hit him.
He did not expect to be attacked, his left
wing was injured and he fell from the air to the ground.
He woke up from his dream.
He woke up with pain in his left hand.
The next day he found a dream interpreter.
He wondered why he had this strange dream.
After listening to his narration, the dream
interpreter told him happily.
This is a very auspicious dream.
There are nine provinces in China, and a
gate represents a province.
Because he passed through eight gates, it means
that he will rule eight provinces in China in the future.
But the fly in the ointment, if he is not
attacked and he passes through the ninth gate, he will be able to rule the nine
provinces of China later.
This idiom means a fly in the ointment
Dear friends, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
What's the weirdest dream you've ever had?
Do you think perfect must be good?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
美中不足(A fly in the ointment)
中國中國的明王朝末年，有一個劇作家，他的名字叫做(吾丘瑞)。
他寫過一齣戲劇。
這齣戲的主角是晉王朝的一個著名的大臣，這個大臣的名字叫做(陶侃)。
這齣戲中有一段如下。
有一天，(陶侃)做了一個夢。
在夢中，他長出了翅膀。
他很開心地往天空中飛，他飛到天堂，他經過了一個門，兩個門，三個門。
他一連飛過了八個巨大又漂亮的門後，他看見前面有一個最大最漂亮的門。
他便加速向第九扇門飛過去。
這時候突然從旁邊出現了一個守門人，這個守門人拿出一支很大的木杖擊打他。
他沒有預料到會被攻擊，他左邊的翅膀被打傷，他從空中墜落到地面。
他從夢中驚醒。
他醒過來後覺得自已的左手很疼痛。
隔天他找了一個解夢者。他想知道自已為何做這個奇怪的夢。
這個解夢者聽完他的敘述後，很開心地對他說。
這是一個很吉祥的夢。
中國有九個省，一個門代表一個省。
因為他經過了八個門，所以代表他以後會統治中國的八個省。
但是美中不足，如果他沒有被攻擊而他經過第九個門的話，他以後就能夠統治中國的九個省。
這句成語的意思是美中不足
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。
你做過最奇怪的夢是甚麼呢?你認為完美就一定是好的嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
明-吾丘瑞-運甓記-第二三齣。