He trembles with fright at the mention of tigers(談虎色變)
The Song Dynasty in China had a pair of
famous brothers who were the most famous thinkers of that time.
The elder brother's name is (Cheng Hao),
and the younger brother's name is (Cheng Yi).
Their students recorded some of their
everyday conversations and compiled them into a book.
There is a story in this book.
One day, a student asked.
Why do people know that doing bad things
will bring bad results, but this person still does bad things.
They answer.
We must understand that everyone's
cognition has a degree of difference.
Some people really know, some people think
they know, but they don't know.
I give an example.
There is a farmer in my hometown who was
bitten by a tiger once.
He was lucky he survived.
One day he was chatting with a group of people
and one of them said.
Tigers are very scary, tigers will bite
people, and they will bite some bad children.
The man put his hands up, and he pretended
to be a tiger and pounced on a few children in the crowd.
The children screamed in fear and ran
around, and everyone at the scene laughed.
Only the farmer did not laugh.
He looked pale as he recalled the
experience he had been attacked by a tiger. He was shaking all over.
They paused, then continued.
Because this farmer was really bitten by a
tiger, he could feel the pain personally, so he would be afraid.
Others have only heard of tigers biting
people, but they haven't been bitten by tigers. So they can laugh and talk
about tigers biting people.
Of these people, only the farmer really
knows.
Everyone else thinks they know, but they
don't know they don't know.
Why does a person do bad things because he
has not personally experienced the bad results brought about by doing bad
things.
If he had had this experience, he would not
have done bad things.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is very frightened at the mention of something
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you agree with his statement? If you do
not agree with his statement, how would you answer this question?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
談虎色變(He trembles with fright at the
mention of tigers)
中國的宋王朝，有一對著名的兄弟，他們是當時最著名的思想家。
哥哥的名字是(程顥)、弟弟的名字是(程頤)。
他們的學生們記錄下他們日常生活中時的一些言談，把這些話編撰成一本書。
這本書中紀錄了一個故事。
有一天，有一個學生問。
為何人明明知道做壞事會帶來壞的結果，但這個人還是會去做壞事呢。
他們回答。
我們必須理解，每個人的認知都有程度上的差別。
有些人是真正知道，但有些人是自以為知道，但其實他並不知道。
我舉一個例子。
我的家鄉中有一個農夫，他曾經被老虎咬傷。
他很幸運他活了下來。
有一天，他與一群人在聊天，其中有一個人說。
老虎非常的可怕，老虎會咬人，而且會咬一些不乖的小朋友。
這個人就把雙手舉起來，他假裝成一隻老虎撲向人群之中的幾個小朋友。
這幾個小朋友害怕的大叫並且四處奔逃，現場所有人都哈哈大笑。
只有這個農夫沒有笑。
他回想起他被老虎攻擊的那次經驗，他的臉色蒼白。他渾身發抖。
他們停頓了一下，然後接著說。
這個農夫因為真正的被老虎咬過，他可以切身的感受那種痛苦，因此他會害怕。
其他人只是聽說老虎會咬人，但他們沒有被老虎咬過。所以他們可以笑著談論老虎會咬人這件事。
這些人中，只有農夫是真正知道。
其他的人都是自以為知道，但他們並不知道自己不知道。
一個人為何會做壞事，因為他沒有親身經歷過因為做壞事而帶來的壞的結果。
如果他有過這種經驗，那他就不會做壞事了。
這句成語被用來形容一個人一提及某事就非常害怕
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。
你認同他的說法嗎?若你不認同他的論述，你會怎樣回答這個問題呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為河南程氏遺書卷第二上-25條
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