Benefits blinded his heart so he made irrational judgments.(利令智昏)
During the Warring States Period of China,
there was a famous nobleman in the Zhao Kingdom whose name was (Zhao Sheng).
There was a very famous historian in the
Han Dynasty in China, and his name was (Sima Qian).
(Sima Qian) In the history book he wrote,
he gave (Zhao Sheng) a high evaluation.
But he didn't make the right choice every
time in his life.
Therefore, when (Sima Qian) summed up (Zhao
Sheng)'s life, he used this sentence to describe (Zhao Sheng's) this major
wrong decision in his life.
Benefits blinded his heart so he made
irrational judgments.
This story is recorded in the history book
written by (Sima Qian).
The Qin Kingdom launched an army to attack
the Han Kingdom, and the Qin Kingdom wanted to annex a county of the Han
Kingdom. The county's name is (Shangdang).
The highest administrative official of
(Shangdang) is (Feng Ting).
He sent an emissary to the kingdom of Zhao,
and the emissary said to the king of the kingdom of Zhao.
The Kingdom of Ham is too weak for their
armies to protect us.
We do not want to be annexed by the Qin
Kingdom, so we want to join the Zhao Kingdom.
We would like to be ruled by you. .
The king of the Zhao Kingdom called an
emergency meeting, and he asked all the ministers for their opinions.
A minister named (Zhao Bao) said.
He says.
I don't think we should let them join our
kingdom.
If we do nothing but get great benefits, we
should be vigilant, because there may be great dangers hidden behind the
benefits.
(Zhao Sheng) said.
I don't agree with (Zhao Bao)'s point of
view. I think we should let them join Zhao Kingdom.
The location of (Shangdang) is very
important, it is a very difficult county to attack. They took the initiative to
come and join our kingdom, which is very beneficial to our kingdom.
We should accept their offer.
The king agreed with (Zhao Sheng)'s view,
and Zhao Kingdom's army entered and took over (Shangdang).
The king of Qin Kingdom was very angry when
he heard the news, and he ordered the army to change direction.
He stopped attacking the Kingdom of Han,
and he turned his army to attack the Kingdom of Zhao.
261 BC. The army of the Qin Kingdom
besieged the capital of the Zhao Kingdom.
The Zhao Kingdom is facing a situation that
is about to perish.
This idiom means that interests blinded his
heart so he made irrational judgments.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How do you stay rational when you are faced
with the temptation of huge interests? When you see a good thing, will you be
alerted that this good thing may have hidden dangers?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
利令智昏(Benefits blinded his heart so he made
irrational judgments.)
中國的戰國時代，趙王國有一個著名的貴族，他的名字叫做(趙勝)。
中國漢王朝有一個非常著名的歷史學家，他的名字是(司馬遷)。
(司馬遷)在他寫的歷史書中，他給了(趙勝)很高的評價。
但他的一生中也並非每次都做出正確的選擇。
因此(司馬遷)在總結(趙勝)的人生時，用了這一句話形容(趙勝)人生中的這個重大的錯誤決定。
利益蒙蔽了他的心因此他做出了不理智的判斷。
在(司馬遷)寫的歷史書中，記載了這個故事。
秦王國發動軍隊攻打韓王國，秦王國想要併吞韓王國的一個郡。這個郡的名字叫做(上黨)。
(上黨)的最高行政官員為(馮亭)。
他派出一個使者到趙王國，這個使者對趙王國的國王說。
含王國太弱小，他們的軍隊無法保護我們。
我們不願意被秦王國併吞，所以我們想要加入趙王國。
我們願意被你統治。。
趙王國的國王開了一場緊急會議，他問所有大臣的意見。
有一個名字叫做(趙豹)的大臣說。
他說。
我認為我們不應該讓他們加入我們王國。
如果我們什麼事情都沒做，但卻可以得到很大的利益，我們就應該要警戒，因為得到利益的背後可能隱藏著巨大的危險。
(趙勝)說。
我不同意(趙豹)的看法。我認為我們應該讓他們加入趙王國。
(上黨)的地理位置相當重要，這是一個非常難以攻打的郡。他們主動要來加入我們王國，這對我們王國非常有利。
我們應該接受他們的提議。
國王贊同(趙勝)的看法，趙王國的軍隊進駐並且接收(上黨)。
秦王國的國王聽到這個消息後非常的憤怒，他指揮軍隊改變方向。
他停止攻打韓王國，他把軍隊轉向去攻打趙王國。
西元前261年。秦王國的軍隊圍攻趙王國的首都。
趙王國面臨到即將滅亡的境地。
這句成語的意思是利益蒙蔽了他的心因此他做出了不理智的判斷。
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。
你在面臨巨大的利益誘惑時，你如何保持理性呢?你在看到一件好事的同時，你是否會警戒到這件好事可能隱藏著危險?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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