Takes a long time(曠日持久)
During the Warring States Period of China,
there was a famous general in the Kingdom of Zhao, whose name was (Zhao She).
His story is recorded in the history books.
In 270 BC, he led the Zhao Kingdom's army
to defeat the Qin Kingdom's army, and he became a famous general of the Zhao
Kingdom.
A few years after he became a general,
something happened.
The Kingdom of Yan sent an army to attack
the Kingdom of Zhao.
The king of the Zhao Kingdom listened to
the proposal of the Prime Minister (Zhao Sheng) and spent a lot of money to
hire a famous general of the Qi Kingdom to help defend against the Yan
Kingdom's attack. The general's name is (Tian Dan).
He got angry when he heard the news, he
went to see (Zhao Sheng).
He said to (Zhao Sheng).
Why do we spend so much money to hire (Tian
Dan) to assist us?
There are many wise and capable generals in
our kingdom.
If you put me in command of the army, I
promise I can defeat them in 100 days, and I can in turn take many of their
territories.
(Zhao Sheng) replied.
We have made a decision and we will not
change our decision.
he said angrily.
I think your decision is wrong, so I'm
going to explain my point in more depth.
(Tian Dan) once led the Qi Kingdom's army
to defeat the Yan Kingdom's army under very difficult circumstances. So you
think that only he can resist the Yan Kingdom's army, so you will hire him to
be the commander-in-chief of our army.
If he is the commander-in-chief of our
army, I think there are only two outcomes.
The first is that he is not qualified for
the position, he will be defeated.
The second is that he can hold a position
and he will win the battle.
(Zhao Sheng) nodded.
There is really no third possibility.
He says.
If it is the second case, do you think he
will use the fastest time and the least cost to defeat the opponent?
Or will he fight a protracted battle with
the opponent that will cost a lot of time, manpower, and money?
(Zhao Sheng) did not answer.
He says.
He is from the Qi Kingdom, so he will
definitely not stand in our position to fight for our interests. He will give
priority to the interests of the Qi Kingdom.
He will certainly lead the war to a
protracted war that will take years to fight.
When the kingdoms of Yan and Zhao were
greatly weakened due to this war, the Qi Kingdom could take this opportunity to
become stronger and stronger.
(Zhao Sheng) did not answer.
His opinion was ultimately not adopted.
A few years later, the outcome of this war
was just as he predicted, Zhao Kingdom spent a lot of money and manpower, but
only achieved a small victory.
This idiom means that it took a long time.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Why do you think Zhao Sheng didn't listen
to him? Do you think this story reminds you of that war?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
曠日持久(Takes a long time)
中國的戰國時代，趙王國有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做(趙奢)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
西元前270年，他率領趙王國的軍隊打敗秦王國的軍隊，他成了趙王國的一個著名的將軍。
他成了將軍幾年後，發生了一件事情。
燕王國派出軍隊要攻打趙王國。
趙王國的國王聽了首相(趙勝)的提議，花了鉅資聘請齊王國的一個著名的將軍來協助抵禦燕王國的進攻。這個將軍的名字叫(田單)。
他聽到這消息後很生氣，他去見了(趙勝)。
他對(趙勝)說。
我們為何要花費那麼多金錢去聘請(田丹)來協助我們呢?
我們王國內非常多有智慧又有能力的將軍啊。
如果你讓我去指揮軍隊，我保證我可以在100天之內打敗他們，我還可以反過來攻佔他們的許多領土。
(趙勝)回答。
我們已經做出決定，我們不會改變我們的決定。
他很生氣地說。
我認為你們的決定是錯的，因此我要更深入地說明我的觀點。
(田單)曾經在很艱難的情況下，率領齊王國的軍隊大敗燕王國的軍隊。所以你認為只有他才能夠抵抗燕王國的軍隊，你才會聘請他來擔任我們軍隊的總指揮。
他如果擔任我們軍隊的總指揮，那我認為結果只有兩種。
第一種就是他沒有辦法勝任這個職位，他會被打敗。
第二種就是他可以勝任著個職位，他會打勝仗。
(趙勝)點點頭。
的確沒有第三種可能。
他說。
如果是第二種情況，你認為他會用最快的時間與最少的成本去戰勝對方嗎?
還是他會與對方打一場花費很多時間與很多人力與很多金錢的持久戰呢?
(趙勝)沒有回答。
他說。
他是齊國人，所以他一定不會站在我們的立場去為我們爭取利益，他會優先考慮齊王國的利益。
他一定會把戰爭導向需要打好幾年的持久戰。
當燕王國與趙王國因為這場戰爭而造成兩個國家的的國立大幅衰弱時，齊王國卻可以藉著這個時機愈來愈強大。
(趙勝)沒有回答。
他的意見最終沒有採納。
幾年後，這場戰爭的結果就如同他的預測，趙王國花費了巨大的金錢與人力，但只取得了很小很小的勝利。
這句成語的意思是花費了很長的時間。
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。
你認為趙勝為何不聽取他的意見呢?你認為這個故事會讓你想到那一場戰爭呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為戰國策-趙策4-燕封宋人榮蚠為高陽君
