The price is fixed(口不二價)
There are some relatively few but highly
respected people in China's long history.
These people have good knowledge and a high
moral level.
But they refused the king's appointment,
and they did not serve as high-ranking officials in the government.
They choose to live in seclusion in the
city or in the mountains.
The mavericks of these people have made
them gain a high reputation.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty of China, there
was a person called (Han Kang). He is that type of person.
He was born into a famous family, and he
received a good education from an early age.
He can easily gain fame and power and money
if he wants to.
But he doesn't care about these things, he
thinks the best state of a person is not to depend on others and not to be
depended on by others.
His profession is very special. With his
professional knowledge, he goes to the mountains to pick some Chinese herbs and
sell them in the market.
He lived a simple and self-sufficient life.
He does business with a principle that he
only makes a reasonable profit, so his pricing strategy is simple.
After he sets a price that he thinks is
suitable, he sells it according to this price.
He doesn't let people bargain.
He has been selling Chinese herbal medicine
for more than 30 years and has always adhered to this principle.
One day, as usual, he was selling Chinese
herbal medicines in the market.
A young girl came to his stall and wanted
to buy some Chinese herbs from him.
The girl bargained with him.
He insisted that the price was fixed.
The girl bargained several times in a row
but he still insisted very much, so the girl said angrily.
Boss. I heard that there is a famous person
named (Han Kang) who insists that his prices are fixed when he does business.
I find this guy very inflexible and I
didn't expect anyone to be like him.
He was startled when he heard this.
He thought to himself.
I don't like being famous very much, I want
to be a very ordinary person and live a very simple life.
I think that being famous is not
necessarily a good thing, whether it is good or bad fame is not good.
I thought I was pretty low-key, but I
didn't expect even a girl to have heard of me.
I'm in middle age and it looks like it's
time for me to retire.
The next day, he moved to the mountains to
live in seclusion.
This idiom means that the commodity has no
two prices, and the price of the commodity is fixed.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you like to bargain when you buy things?
Do you think that being famous must be a good thing?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
口不二價(The price is fixed)
中國悠久的歷史中有一些比較少數但很受尊敬的人。
這些人有很好的學識，也有很高的道德層次。
但他們拒絕國王的聘請，他們不擔任政府的高級官員。
他們選擇隱居在都市或者是山上。
這些人的特立獨行讓他們反而收穫了很高的名聲。
中國的東漢王朝，有一個人叫做(韓康)。他就是這一類型的人。
他出生在一個著名的家族，他從小接受很好的教育。
只要他願意，他可以輕易地獲得名聲與權力和金錢。
但他對這些都毫不在意，他認為一個人最好的狀態就是不用依靠別人而且也不用被其他人所倚靠。
他的職業很特別，他憑藉著自已的專業知識，他到山上去採摘一些中國的草藥然後拿到市集中銷售。
他過著簡單又自以自足的生活。
他做生意有一個原則，他只賺取合理的利潤，所以他的訂價策略很簡單。
他訂出一個他認為合適的價錢後，就依照這個價錢販售。
他不讓人講價。
他賣中草藥賣了30幾年，一直堅持這個原則。
有一天，他一如往常在市場中賣中草藥。
有一個少女到他的攤子前，這個少女想跟他買一些中草藥。
這個少女跟他講價。
他很堅持地說這價格是固定的。
這個少女連續好幾次殺價但他仍舊非常的堅持，因此這個少女很惱怒的說。
老闆。我聽說有一個很有名的人叫做(韓康)，他做生意時堅持他的價格都是固定的。
我覺得這個人很缺乏彈性，我沒有想到有人跟他一樣。
他聽到這句話後，他嚇了一大跳。
他心裡想。
我很不喜歡出名，我想要當一個很平凡的人，過著很簡單的生活。
我認為一個人有名氣並不一定是一件好事，不管這個是好的名氣或是壞的名氣都不好。
我以為我已經非常低調了，但沒有想到連一個女孩子都聽說過我。
我已經邁入中年了，看來我退休的時機應該到了。
隔天，他就搬到山中隱居。
這句成語的意思是這商品不二價，這商品的價格是固定的。
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。
你買東西喜歡殺價嗎？你認為一個人有名氣一定是一件好事嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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