If we do not make decisions when we should
make decisions, we will have endless troubles. (當斷不斷反受其亂)
During the Warring States Period of China,
the Kingdom of Chu had a prime minister whose name was (Huang Xie).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
His lover became the Queen of Chu Kingdom,
and he and his lover's children became the Crown Prince of Chu Kingdom.
The kingdom of Chu Kingdom did not know
about this matter.
His lover's brother is called (Li Yuan).
(Li Yuan) was originally his staff.
After Li Yuan's sister became the queen of
Chu Kingdom, the king of Chu Kingdom made him an important official in the
central government. The power of (Li Yuan) ranked third in the Chu Kingdom.
Although (Li Yuan) has been given such an
important position, in his mind, (Li Yuan) is still a staff member with a much
lower status than him, and (Li Yuan) is still loyal and obedient to him as
before. .
He didn't notice the change in (Li Yuan's)
mentality.
(Li Yuan) does not want to be called by him
anymore, (Li Yuan) wants to replace him, (Li Yuan) longs to be the prime
minister of the kingdom.
He has a very close guest named (Zhu Ying).
(Zhu Ying) observed that (Li Yuan)'s
mentality has changed.
Zhu Ying) told him.
(Li Yuan) is planning to send a killer to
assassinate you.
He did not heed (Zhu Ying)'s reminder.
His 25th year as prime minister. The king
of Chu Kingdom died.
He was assassinated by the killer sent by
(Li Yuan) completely unprepared.
(Li Yuan) replaced him as the new Prime
Minister of the Chu Kingdom.
China's most outstanding historian (Sima
Qian), wrote his evaluation in his history book.
How smart and brave he was when he was
young, but why did he die so suddenly and worthless.
His story reminds me of a famous Taoist
saying. When a matter is faced with the need to make a decision, you must make
a decision immediately, you do not delay.
If you procrastinate, if you don't make a
decision, you face the bad consequences of not making a decision.
This idiom means that we should make a
clear decision right away at a critical moment when we should make a decision.
If we don't make a clear decision, we're going to face results that we don't
want to see.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you have a habit of procrastinating?
Which decisions in your life are the most important to you?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
當斷不斷反受其亂(If we do not make decisions when
we should make decisions, we will have endless troubles.)
中國的戰國時代，楚王國有一個首相，他的名字叫做(黃歇)。
歷史書上記載過一個關於他的故事。
他的情人成了楚王國的皇后，他與他的情人的孩子成了楚王國的王儲。
這件事情楚王國的國並不知情。
他的情人的哥哥叫做(李園)。(李園)原本是他的幕僚。
李園的妹妹成為楚王國的皇后後，楚王國的國王就讓他擔任中央政府內的重要官員。(李園)的權力在楚王國中排行第三。
雖然(李園)被賦予擔任如此重要的職位，但是在他的心目中，(李園)仍然是一個身分比他低上很多的幕僚，(李園)對他還是跟以前一樣的忠誠與順從。
他沒有察覺到(李園)的心態的轉變。
(李園)不想要再被他使喚，(李園)想要取代他，(李園)渴望能夠擔任王國的宰相。
他有一個很親近的客人叫做(朱英)。
(朱英)觀察到(李園)的心態已經轉變。
朱英)對他說。
(李園)正在計畫要派出殺手刺殺你。
他沒有聽從(朱英)的提醒。
他當宰相的第25年。楚王國的國王去世。
他在完全沒有防備的情況下，被(李園)所派出的殺手刺殺。
(李園)取代他成了新的一任的楚王國的首相。
中國最傑出的歷史學家(司馬遷)，在他寫的歷史書中寫下對他的評價。
他年輕的時候是多麼的聰明與勇敢，但他為何死得如此突然與沒有價值呢。
他的故事讓我想到一句道家的名言。當一件事情面臨到需要決斷的時候你就要立刻做出決定，你不要拖延。
如果你拖延、如果你不做出決定，你就會面臨到沒有做出決定而帶來的壞的結果。
這句成語的意思是我們在應該做出決定的關鍵時刻、我們就應該立刻做出明確的決定。如果我們不做出明確的決定，我們將會面臨我們我不想要看到的結果。
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。
你是否有拖延的習慣呢?你的人生中，那些決定是你認為最重要的呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-春申君列傳
