I can't come up with any good
countermeasures(一籌莫展)
In the Song Dynasty of China, there was a
famous minister. His name is (Cai Youxue).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
At the age of 40, the old king abdicated
and a new king succeeded him.
He wrote a letter of advice to the king,
who was 14 years his junior.
The key points of this letter are as
follows.
If you want to be a good king, I think
there are three key points.
The first point is that you have to take
good care of your family.
The second point is that you have to hire
some honest and talented people.
The third point is that you have to treat
all the people with kindness.
You need to keep these three points in mind
at all times.
A few years ago, many upright ministers
were excluded by some treacherous ministers, so these upright ministers were
hated by your father.
In the past few years, many ministers with
good working ability did a lot of things but they did not get the rewards they
deserved.
They were slandered by some ministers with
poor working ability, so these ministers with good working ability were
despised by your father.
There are also some very loyal ministers
who offer suggestions for improvement, but your father doesn't like these
ministers, your father prefers those who flatter him.
So although there are so many ministers in
our dynasty, no one is willing to give any good opinion when your father is in
power.
So I suggest you, you have just assumed the
throne now, you must show your ambition, and you must let everyone know that
you value honest and capable people.
This idiom means that a person cannot come
up with any good countermeasures.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What would you do if you were this young
king? Do you think a good idea will only lead to good results? Or is it
possible that it will also lead to bad results?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
一籌莫展(I can't come up with any good
countermeasures)
中國的宋王朝，有一位著名的大臣。他的名字是(蔡幼學)。
歷史書上記載了一個關於他的故事。
在他40歲那一年，舊的國王退位而一位新的國王繼任。
他寫了一封建議信件給這位年紀小他14歲的國王。
這封信的重點如下。
你如果要當一個好國王，我認為有三個重點。
第一點就是你要好好管理你的家庭。
第二點就是你要任用一些正直且有才能的人。
第三點就是你要用仁慈的心對待所有的百姓。
你要把這三點時刻記在心裡。
前些年，很多正直的大臣被一些奸詐的大臣排擠，所以這些正直的大臣被你的父親討厭。
前些年，很多工作能力很好的大臣們做了很多事但是他們沒有得到應有的獎賞。
他們被一些工作能力很差的大臣中傷，所以這些工作能力很好的大臣被你的父親輕視。
還有一些很忠心的大臣提出改善的建議，但是你的父親不喜歡這些大臣，你的父親比較喜歡那些奉承他的大臣。
所以雖然我們王朝內的大臣如此多，但在你的父親在位時沒有人願意提出任何一個好的意見。
所以我建議你，你現在剛繼任王位，你要表現出你的企圖心，你要讓大家都知道你很重視正直有能力的人。
這句成語的意思一個人提不出任何一個好的對策。
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。
你如果是這個年輕的國王，你會怎樣做呢?你認為一個好的想法就只會會帶來好的結果嗎?還是有可能也會產生不好的結果呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋史-列傳-卷193-蔡幼學