He killed his own wife because he wanted to be a general(殺妻求將)
During the Warring States Period of China,
there was a famous general whose name was (Wu Qi).
His life was full of controversies, and the
history books recorded a story about him.
He was from the state of Wei, and when he
was young he killed several neighbors who mocked him.
In order to avoid punishment, he fled to
the Kingdom of Lu.
After he met a girl from the Qi Kingdom in
the Kingdom of Lu, he married the girl.
He studied with an important scholar of
Confucianism in the Kingdom of Lu. He became a man of knowledge.
One day, a man came to the Kingdom of Wei,
and the man said to him.
Your mother is dead, you should go back to
mourning.
He said to the man.
I made a promise that I would go back to my
hometown when I had a lot of power and was very successful.
I haven't reached my goal yet, so I'm not
going back.
When his teacher heard about this, he
thought he was a very ruthless person.
His teacher told him.
You are a ruthless person, I don't want to
be your teacher anymore, please leave my classroom.
After he left the Confucian scholar's
classroom, he went to study the art of war with a famous retired general of the
Kingdom of Lu.
Because of this general's relationship, he
entered the central government of the Kingdom of Lu as a low-ranking military
attache.
A few years later, the Kingdom of Lu
encountered a major event.
The Kingdom of Qi sent an army to attack
the Kingdom of Lu. The king of the Kingdom of Lu sent several generals to lead
the army to resist the attack of the Kingdom of Qi, but all these generals
failed, so the king of the Kingdom of Lu was very distressed.
At a meeting, he said to the king of the Lu
Kingdom.
Please assign me to lead the army to resist
the attack of the Qi Kingdom. I am confident that I can successfully repel the
Qi Kingdom.
The king of Lu Kingdom didn't think he had
this ability, so the king found a reason to perfunctory him.
The king said to him.
Because your wife's homeland is the Kingdom
of Qi, you will be influenced by your wife, and you will not be able to resist
the Kingdom of Qi with all your strength.
On returning home that day he killed his
wife.
The next day, he went to see the king of Lu
Kingdom again, he said to the king of Lu Kingdom.
My wife has been killed by me, and I swear
my allegiance to the Kingdom of Lu.
Please believe me, please give me a chance,
I will definitely be able to lead the army of the Kingdom of Lu to successfully
resist the attack of the Kingdom of Qi.
The king of Lu Kingdom reluctantly agreed
to his request, and he became the general of Lu Kingdom.
Although the army of the Kingdom of Lu was
far weaker than that of the Kingdom of Qi, but with his own flexible mind and
tactics, he succeeded in repelling the army of the Kingdom of Qi a few weeks
later.
Because of this battle, his name was heard
by the kings of the various kingdoms at that time.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
does something dehumanizing in pursuit of his own interests.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you were the king, would you give him
the opportunity to lead the army to fight? How do you evaluate his behavior?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
殺妻求將(He killed his own wife because he
wanted to be a general)
中國的戰國時代，有一個名的將軍，他的名字叫做(吳起)。
他的一生充滿了各種爭議，歷史書上記載了一個關於他的故事。
他是衛國人，他年輕的時候殺了好幾個嘲笑他的鄰居。
他為了躲避刑罰所以逃亡到魯王國。
他在魯王國認識了一個齊王國的女孩後他跟這個女孩結婚。
他在魯王國跟著一個儒家的重要學者學習。他成了一個有知識的人。
有一天，衛王國來了一個人，這個人對他說。
你的母親死了，你應該回去奔喪。
他對這個人說。
我曾經許下諾言，當我掌握很大的權力並且很成功的時候我才要回去我的家鄉。
我現在還沒有達成我的目標，所以我不回去。
他的老師聽到這件事情後，認為他是一個很無情的人。
他的老師就對他說。
你是一個無情的人，我不願意再當你的老師，請你離開我的教室。
他離開了這位儒家學者的教室後，他去跟一位魯王國的著名的退休的將軍學習兵法。
因為這個將軍的關係，他進入了魯王國的中央政府擔任一個職位很低的武官。
幾年後，魯王國遭遇了一件大事。
齊王國派出軍隊攻打魯王國，魯王國的國王派遣了好幾個將軍率領軍隊去抵擋齊王國的進攻但是都這幾個將軍都失敗了，因此魯王國的國王很苦惱。
在一次會議上，他對魯王國的國王說。
請你指派我率領軍隊去抵抗齊王國的攻擊，我有信心可以成功的擊退齊王國。
魯王國的國王不認為他有這個能力，所以國王找了一個理由敷衍他。
國王對他說。
因為你的妻子的祖國是齊王國，所以你會受你妻子的影響，你會無法盡全力抵抗齊王國。
當天回家之後他殺了他的妻子。
隔天，他又去見魯王國的國王，他對魯王國的國王說。
我的妻子已經被我殺了，我發誓我會全心的效忠魯王國。
請你相信我，請你給我一個機會，我一定可以帶領著魯王國的軍隊成功抵擋齊王國的攻擊。
魯王國的國王很勉強地答應他的請求，他成了魯王國的將軍。
魯王國的軍隊雖然遠比齊王國的軍隊弱小，但是他憑藉著自已的靈活的頭腦與戰術，幾週後，他成功地擊退齊王國的軍隊。
因為這一場戰役，他的名字被當時的各個王國中的國王所聽聞。
這句成語被用來形容一個人為了追求自己的利益做出泯滅人性的事。
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。
你如果是國王，你會給他帶領軍隊打仗的機會嗎?你如何評價他的這個行為呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-孫子吳起列傳