How can you get a tiger cub if you don't
enter the tiger's den? (不入虎穴焉得虎子)
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a
famous general named (Ban Chao).
History books record a story about him.
At that time, China's Gansu Province,
Qinghai Province, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang Province, as well as parts of
Central Asia, had a total of more than 50 kingdoms, the most powerful of which
was the Hun Kingdom.
When he was 41 years old, he took 36
soldiers on a month-long visit to a kingdom friendly to the Eastern Han
Dynasty. The name of this kingdom is Shanshan Kingdom.
They were warmly received by the king of
Shanshan Kingdom.
On the 15th day, he told the 36 soldiers in
a routine meeting.
I noticed a very strange phenomenon two
days ago. The attitude of the king of Shanshan Kingdom towards us changed from
warm and polite to conservative and cautious.
After my secret investigation yesterday, I
found that the Hun Kingdom has sent many envoys to this place.
The envoys of the Huns may want to persuade
the king of the Shanshan Kingdom to abandon the covenant of cooperation with
us, but the king of the Shanshan Kingdom does not know how to respond to them,
so the attitude of the king of the Shanshan Kingdom towards us has changed so
much .
Our current situation is very critical. If
the king of the Shanshan Kingdom decides to betray us, we will definitely be
killed, so we must immediately plan a special military operation.
The 36 soldiers answered.
You are our leader, and we are willing to
follow your lead.
He said.
How can you get tiger cubs if you don't
enter the tiger's lair?
As long as we kill all the envoys of the
Huns, the king of the Shanshan Kingdom will be forced to continue to cooperate
with us.
According to my investigation, the Xiongnu
Kingdom sent more than 100 people here this time, because it was a secret operation,
and they were stationed outside the city of Shanshan Kingdom.
We're launching a raid on them tonight.
We will be divided into two groups, the
first group has ten people, and these ten people will set fire to the tents of
the Huns envoys together at the appointed time. Immediately then the ten men
withdrew from their camp and beat drums and shouted loudly.
Another 26 people have to prepare a lot of
bows and arrows and surround their camp.
After the 26 people heard the shouts of the
10 people in the first group, the 26 people would immediately shoot arrows and
attack the Huns envoys who escaped from the camp.
That night, more than 100 of these envoys
from the Hun Kingdom were burned to death in their sleep, and more than 30 were
shot to death with bows and arrows. All the envoys of the Hun Kingdom were
wiped out.
The direct translation of this idiom means
that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can't get a tiger's cub.
This idiom means victory and success that
you cannot achieve without taking risks.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after hearing this story?
Do you observe the expressions or attitudes
of the people around you? If you were him, how would you deal with this
emergency?
I hope this story can give you some new
harvest.
不入虎穴焉得虎子(How can you get a tiger cub if
you don't enter the tiger's den? )
東漢王朝有一個著名的將軍，這個將軍的名字叫做(班超)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
當時的中國的甘肅省、青海省、內蒙古、與新疆省，還有部分中亞的地區，總共有50幾個王國，其中最強大的是匈奴王國。
他41歲那一年，他帶著36個士兵到了一個與東漢王朝友好的王國中進行一個長達一個月的訪問。這個王國的名字叫做鄯善王國。
他們受到了鄯善王國的國王的熱情接待。
第15天的時候，他在一場例行會議中對這36個士兵說。
我兩天前發覺一個很奇怪的現象，鄯善王國的國王對我們的態度，從原本的熱情有禮貌變成保守與謹慎。
我昨天暗中調查後，發現匈奴王國目前派出了很多使者來到這個地方。
匈奴王國的使者可能想要說服鄯善王國的國王背棄與我們的合作盟約，而鄯善王國的國王不知道該如何回應他們，因此鄯善王國的國王對我們的態度才會產生那麼大的轉變。
我們現在的情況非常的危急，如果鄯善王國的國王決定要背棄我們，那我們絕對會被殺掉，因此我們要立刻計畫一個特別的軍事行動。
這36個士兵回答。
你是我們的領導者，我們願意聽從你的指揮。
他說。
不入虎穴焉得虎子。
我們只要把匈奴的使者全部殺掉，這樣鄯善王國的國王就被迫一定要繼續與我們合作。
根據我的調查，匈奴王國這次派遣了100多的人來到這裡，因為這是秘密行動，他們駐紮在鄯善王國的城外。
我們今天晚上就要發動對他們的突襲。
我們要分成兩組，第一組有十個人，這十個人在約定的時間要一起放火燒匈奴使者們的營帳。接著這十個人立刻退出他們的營區並且打鼓並大聲叫喊。
另外26個人要準備很多弓箭並包圍住他們的營區。
這26個人聽到第一組的10個人的喊叫聲後，這26個人就要立刻射箭攻擊那些逃出營帳的匈奴使者們。
當夜，匈奴王國的這些使者，有100多位在睡夢中被燒死，另外30多個被弓箭射死，所有匈奴王國的使者們被全部殲滅。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是不入虎穴焉得虎子。
這句成語的意思你不冒險就無法取的勝利與成功。
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。
你會觀察你周圍的人們的表情或態度嗎?你如果是他，你會怎樣應對這個緊急狀況呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為後漢書-班梁列傳-1
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出處為東觀漢記-東觀漢記-卷16-班超列傳