Time goes by (歲月不居)
The Eastern Han Dynasty in China had a
famous minister named (Kong Rong). He is a descendant of the 20th generation of
Confucius.
He lived in the last years of the Eastern
Han Dynasty. The king of the Eastern Han Dynasty had no actual power, and all
power was in the hands of an important minister whose name was (Cao Cao).
He wrote a letter to (Cao Cao).
Part of the letter is as follows.
Time cannot stay, time is like flowing
water that never returns.
In the blink of an eye, both of us are over
50 years old.
At our age, good friends around us start to
pass away one by one, which is really very sad.
I have a good friend whose name is (Sheng
Xiaozhang).
You know him too, he's about the same age
as us.
He is now trapped in Soochow, the leaders
of Soochow don't like him, and he is in a very dangerous situation now.
He is alone, his wife and children are
dead.
He was in a very downhearted mood, and if
grief could damage one's health, I think he would soon be seriously ill and
dead.
He was a famous official, and he is also a
well-known and respected intellectual in the contemporary era.
He is now in captivity and his life is at
stake.
You are the most powerful man of our time,
so I implore you to quickly write a letter yourself and send an envoy to save
him.
This idiom is used to describe the passage
of time.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you think a person's mood affects his
physical health? Under what circumstances do you lament the passage of time?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
歲月不居(Time goes by)
中國的東漢王朝有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做(孔融)。他是孔子的第20代的子孫。
他所生活的年代是東漢王朝的末年，東漢王國的國王沒有實際的權力，所有的權力掌握在一個重要的大臣手上，這個大臣的名字是(曹操)。
他寫過一封信給(曹操)。
這封信的其中一段一段如下。
光陰不能停留，時間就像流水一去不回。
轉眼間，我們兩個人也都已經超過50歲了。
到了我們這個年紀，身邊的好朋友開始一個一個的離世，這真的令人非常的感傷。
我有一個好朋友，他的名字是(盛孝章)。
你也認識他，他的年紀跟我們差不多。
他現在受困在東吳，東吳的領導不喜歡他，他現在的處境非常危險。
他孤單一人，他的妻子與兒女都已經離世。
他的心情十分低落，如果憂愁可以損害人的健康，我認為他恐怕很快就會生重病並死亡了。
他曾是一個著名的官員，他也是當代受人尊敬的著名的知識份子。
他現在被囚禁，他的生命岌岌可危。
你是我們這時代最有權力的人，因此我懇請你趕快寫親自寫一封信並派遣一個特使去挽救他。
這句成語被用來形容時光流逝。
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。
你認為一個人的心情會影響他的身體健康嗎?你在何種情況下會感嘆時光流逝呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為孔融-論盛孝章書
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