The country's treasury is depleted and its people are tired(財殫力痡)
The disadvantages of doing this outweigh
the advantages(功不補患)
There was a famous writer in the Tang
Dynasty. He uses simple words to express real and profound emotions. His name
is (Li Hua).
Once, he wrote an article after visiting
the site of an ancient battlefield, which became his representative work.
The sixth paragraph of this article is as
follows.
My mind pulled back to reality, and I
thought about the historical stories I had read.
The kingdom of the Warring States Period
had a famous general named Li Mu.
He did not have many resources, but when
attacked by the northern peoples, he successfully led his soldiers to victory.
He kept the border between the two
countries peaceful for more than a decade.
The kings of the Han Dynasty spent a long
time fighting against the peoples of the north with all their might, and the
result, despite their victories, led to the exhaustion of the treasury and the
fatigue of the people.
This leads me to the conclusion that the
key to winning a war is not the adequacy of resources, but the decisions of the
leaders.
I remembered a few other historical
stories.
The Zhou Dynasty once fought against the
northern peoples, and the Zhou Dynasty's army did not continue to pursue after
defeating the northern peoples.
The Zhou Dynasty strengthened the defense
of the border between the two countries and maintained peace with the northern
peoples.
In this battle, the army of the Zhou
Dynasty suffered very few losses, and the history books recorded that a grand
ceremony was held to celebrate and record this victory.
There was no harmony between the Qin
Dynasty and the northern peoples. In order to resist the attacks of the
northern peoples, the Qin Dynasty used many people to build the Great Wall,
causing many casualties in the process of construction.
During the Han Dynasty, it took the
initiative to attack the northern peoples.
The Han Dynasty sacrificed a lot of
soldiers and spent a lot of money and finally captured and occupied the
important base of the northern peoples.
The king of the Han Dynasty considered this
to be his great feat. But I think the losses of this victory outweigh the
benefits.
The meaning of this idiom is used to
describe a country whose treasury is depleted and its people are tired.
This idiom means that the loss of a victory
outweighs the gain.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How do you define victory? Do you think the
only way to destroy your enemies is through war, or are there other ways?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
財殫力痡(The country's treasury is depleted
and its people are tired)
功不補患(The disadvantages of doing this
outweigh the advantages)
唐朝有一個著名的文學家。他用簡單的文字去表達真實而且深刻的情感。他的名字是(李華)。
有一次，他在參訪一個古戰場的遺址後寫下了一篇文章，這篇作品成為他的代表作品。
這篇文章的第六段如下。
我的思緒拉回現實，我想到我曾經讀過的歷史故事。
戰國時代的王國有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做李牧。
他並沒有太多的資源，但遭遇北方民族的攻擊時，他成功地率領士兵們取得勝利。
他讓兩國的邊境保持十幾年的和平狀態。
漢王朝的國王傾全國之力長期與和北方民族作戰，結果雖然取得勝利卻導致國庫枯竭且人民疲倦。
這讓我得到一個結論，一場戰爭勝利的關鍵不在於資源的充足，而是在於領導者的決策。
我又想起另外幾個歷史故事。
周王朝曾與北方民族產生征戰，周王朝的軍隊打敗北方民族後並沒有持續追擊。
周王朝強化兩國邊界的防禦，與北方民族保持和平。
這場戰役中周王朝的軍隊損失很少，歷史書上記錄了當時還舉辦隆重的儀式慶祝並記錄這一次的勝利。
秦王朝時與北方民族之間並不和睦，為了抵禦北方民族的攻擊，秦王朝動用了許多百姓建築建立長城，建築的過程中造成許多人民的傷亡。
漢王朝時主動對北方民族發動攻擊。
漢王朝犧牲了非常多的士兵，花費了非常多的錢後終於攻下並佔領了北方民族的重要根據地。
漢王朝的國王認為這是他的偉大功績。但我認為取的這場勝利的損失大於利益。
這句成語的意思被用來形容一個國家國庫枯竭且人民疲倦。
這句成語的意思是指取得一場勝利的損失大於利益。
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。
你如何定義勝利呢？你認為消滅你的敵人只有透過戰爭的方式嗎，還是有其他的方法呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為唐-李華-弔古戰場文
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