It's the best(首屈一指)
In the Qing Dynasty of China, there was a
famous thinker named (Zheng Guanying).
He wrote a book in which he sorted out what
he observed about the social conditions in China at that time, and put forward
many ideas on how to solve the social problems at that time.
This book is the book with the most
editions in modern Chinese publishing history.
A brief summary of a small passage from the
book is as follows. '
China has a long history, and many books
have been handed down from ancient times to the present, but there has never
been a public library mechanism.
In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, after
referring to the methods of many Western countries, the king of the Qing
Dynasty established China's first official library in the capital.
At that time, many wealthy people in
various provinces also followed the example of the king and independently
established private libraries.
As far as the author knows, there are at
least 9 private libraries with rich collections in Zhejiang Province and
Jiangsu Province in China.
Unfortunately, most of the books in these
libraries were lost due to the war.
When the author was writing this book, the
largest library he knew was founded by the Lu Shi family in the city of Wuxing.
In the era when the author lived, this library had the largest collection of
books among all private libraries.
The author sighs that China has a vast
territory and a large number of people, and the population is out of proportion
to the library.
Therefore, the author suggests that the
central government should plan and allocate funds to establish public libraries
in each province, so that more people can have the opportunity to read more
books.
The direct translation of this idiom means
giving a thumbs up to show that a person or a thing is the best.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after hearing this story?
How many libraries are there in the city
you live in? How long has it been since you went to the library?
I hope this story can give you some new
harvest.
首屈一指(It's the best.)
中國的清王朝有一個著名的思想家，他的名字叫做(鄭觀應)。
他寫了一本書，這本書中他整理了他所觀察到中國當時各方面的社會狀況，並且提出了如何讓解決當時的社會問題的許多看法。
這本書是中國近代出版史上版本最多的書。
這本書中有一小段文字的概要如下。’
中國歷史悠久，有許多的書籍從古流傳至今，但始終沒有公眾圖書館的機制。
清朝中期，參考了西方許多國家的方法後，清王朝的國王在首都創辦了中國第一個官方的圖書館。
當時有許多各省分的富人也紛紛效法國王的作法，獨立創辦私人圖書館。
中國的浙江省與江蘇省等地，就作者所知就至少有9家藏書非常豐富的私人圖書館。
但非常遺憾的事，這些圖書館的圖書，因為戰爭，所以絕大部分都失佚了。
作者寫這本書的時候，他所知道的最大的圖書館是吳興這座城市中，陸式家族所創辦的。這間圖書館，在作者所生活的年代，藏書量是所有私人圖書館中，藏書最多的圖書館。
作者感嘆，中國幅員廣大而且人民眾多，人口數與圖書館不成比例。
因此作者建議中央政府應該規劃並且撥款在每個省份創辦公立圖書館，以藉此讓更多民眾可以有機會閱讀到更多書籍。
這句成語的直接翻譯的意思是豎起大拇指表示一個人或是一件事情是最好的。
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。
你住的城市有幾座圖書館呢?你有多久沒有去圖書館了呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為清-
