Everyone around him betrayed him(眾叛親離)
During the Spring and Autumn Period in
China, a prince of the Wei Kingdom killed his brother and seized the throne.
The prince's name was (Zhou Xu).
He sent troops to attack other kingdoms in
order to prove that he was a capable king.
The king of Lu Kingdom discussed this
matter with a minister named Zhongzhong.
Asked the king of the Lu Kingdom.
Do you think (Zhou Xu) launching this war
can make the people of Wei Kingdom recognize his ability?
(Zhongzhong) Answer.
I don't think so.
Asked the king of the Lu Kingdom.
What is your reason.
(Zhongzhong) Answer.
What the common people need is a stable
life and leaders who care about their lives.
What he did was to bring war into the lives
of ordinary people.
Now the situation in the Wei Kingdom is
very complicated. Like a messy ball of silk thread.
If a person wants to untie a messy ball of
silk thread, the most important thing for him is to find the beginning of the
thread, and then carefully and slowly untie it.
His decision will only make the ball of
thread more messy.
Asked the king of the Lu Kingdom.
So what do you think will happen to him.
(Zhongzhong) Answer.
War is like fire. If you use it well, you
can help people, but if you use it badly, you will burn yourself.
Force cannot make the people like and
support him from the heart.
The force brought only the appearance of
the people's apparent obedience to him.
So I think if he continues to run his
kingdom in the way he is behaving, then his mentality will drive everyone
around him to leave him.
I don't think his rule will last long.
This idiom means that a person is betrayed
by everyone around him.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever been betrayed? Do you think
betrayers are necessarily bad?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
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https://chinesewordingconsultant.blogspot.com/2021/10/how-do-you-untie-this-silk-thread-ball.html
眾叛親離(Everyone around him betrayed him)
中國的春秋時代，衛王國的一個王子殺了他的哥哥並奪取了王位，這個王子的名字叫做(州吁)。
他為了證明他是一個有能力的國王所以就出兵攻打其他王國。
魯王國的國王與一個名字叫做(眾仲)的大臣討論這件事情。
魯王國的國王問。
你認為(州吁)發動這場戰爭，可以讓衛王國的百姓認同他的能力嗎。
(眾仲)回答。
我認為不行。
魯王國的國王問。
你的理由為何。
(眾仲)回答。
老百姓需要的是安定的生活，是關心他們生活的領袖。
而他做的事情卻是將戰爭帶入老百姓的生活。
現在衛王國的情況很複雜。就像是一團雜亂的絲線球。
如果一個人要解開一團雜亂的絲線球，那麼他最重要的是先找到這團絲線的起頭，然後細心的慢慢解開。
他這個決定只是會把這一團絲線球得更亂。
魯王國的國王問。
那你認為他的結局會如何。
(眾仲)回答。
戰爭就像是火，如果使用得好就可以幫助人，如果使用不好就反而會燒到自己。
武力無法能讓人民從內心去喜歡與擁戴他。
武力帶來的只是人民表面上服從他的假象。
所以我認為，如果他照現在的行為模式繼續管理他的王國，那麼他的心態會讓他身邊的所有人都離棄他。
我認為他的統治無法維持太久。
這句成語的意思是指一個人被身邊的所有人背棄。
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。
你有過被人背叛的經驗嗎?你認為背叛者就一定是不好的嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為左傳-隱公四年