Retire after success (功成身退)
In the Northern Song Dynasty of China,
there was a famous scholar named Zhang Junfang. He edited a set of books in
which he recorded in detail the historical origin of Taoism, recorded many
famous Taoist priests in history, and also compiled various important
scriptures and training methods of Taoism.
In Chapter 56 of this set of books, he
recorded a Taoist observation and theory on the relative relationship between
nature and the human body.
In this chapter, there is a passage as
follows.
We need to maintain and love our bodies,
each of us exists because of those countless accidents. Therefore, we must
cherish our hard-won life very much.
We should stay away from those who are low
moral and ignorant, we should live in moderation, we should be careful about
what we eat and what we say, we should keep a clean and simple living
environment and avoid conflicts with others Disputes, we have to reflect on
whether we have made mistakes every day, we have to remind ourselves every day
to correct our shortcomings, and we have to learn the wisdom of how to make
ourselves accessible.
We must avoid those evil temptations, and
we must keep our hearts pure and simple.
In this chapter, another passage is as
follows.
Our souls now live in our bodies, and our
souls leave this body after we have done what we are supposed to do in this
life.
Our life is short, we should aspire to be immortal, we should aspire to reach a higher state.
We shouldn't waste our time, we should avoid wasting our lives so that we don't die regretting that we didn't do our best to improve ourselves.
The direct translation of this idiom means
to retire after success.
This idiom is also used to describe a
person who voluntarily resigns after completing a difficult task without
nostalgia for power.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after hearing this story?
If you could only accomplish one thing in
your life, what would it be? If you were to die today, what would you regret
about it?
I hope this story can give you some new
harvest.
功成身退(Retire after success)
中國的北宋王朝，有一個著名的學者叫做張君房。他主編了一套書，在這套書中他詳細記錄道教的歷史源流、記錄了歷史上許多著名的道士，也彙整了道教的各種重要經書與修練方法。
在這套書中的第56章，他紀錄了一段道教對於自然與人體的相對關係的觀察與理論。
這一章中，有一段文字如下。
我們要保養愛護我們的身體，我們每個人的生命都是因為那些數不清的偶然才會得以存在。因此我們要非常珍惜得來不易的生命。
我們要遠離那些道德低下而且愚昧的人，我們的生活樣有所節制，我們要謹慎我們所吃的食物與那些我們所說出口的話，我們要保持一個乾淨簡單的生活環境，並且避免與他人發生爭執，我們要每天反省自已是否犯了過錯，我們要每天提醒自已要改正缺點，我們要學習那些如何讓自己可以通達的智慧。
我們要逃避那些邪惡的誘惑，我們要保持內心的純淨與單純。
這一章中，另有一段文字如下。
我們的靈魂現在居住在我們的身體裡面，我們完成我們這一生該做的事情後我們的靈魂就會離開這個身體。
我們的生命很短暫，我們應該追求成為不朽，我們應該追求達到更高的境界。
我們不應該浪費我們的時間，我們應該避免自已虛擲了自已的人生，我們才不會在我們死前對我們沒有盡全力提升自己而感到遺憾。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是功成身退。
這句成語也被用來形容一個人完成了一件艱鉅的任務後主動請辭而毫不留戀權位。
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。
你這輩子如果只能完成一件事，那這件事是什麼事呢?你如果今天就要死了，你會因為什麼事感到遺憾呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為雲笈七籤-卷56-諸家氣法部1-元氣論並序
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