He is so outstanding, there is no one in China who can be as good as him(國士無雙)
The name of the founding king of the Han
Dynasty in Chinese history was (Liu Bang). And the name of the most important
general who assisted him in founding the Han Dynasty was (Han Xin).
The story of (Han Xin)'s life is very
wonderful, and one of his stories is recorded in history.
In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, there
were many resistance forces in China. Among these resistance forces, the two
biggest forces are (Xiang Yu) and (Liu Bang).
He joined (Liu Bang)'s army but he was not
taken seriously.
He was very discouraged, and one morning,
he left (Liu Bang's) army.
(Xiao He) is the most important staff
member of (Liu Bang). (Xiao He) thinks (Han Xin) is a military genius.
So when (Xiao He) learned that he had left
(Liu Bang)'s army, (Xiao He) immediately rode a horse to catch up with him and
keep him.
(Liu Bang) asked (Xiao He) when he knew
about it.
You are my most important staff and I value
you very much.
Why did you leave the capital without
reporting to me.
(Xiao He) answered.
Because the situation is very urgent, I
must quickly find (Han Xin) and persuade him to return to our camp.
(Liu Bang) asked.
Why do you pay special attention to (Han
Xin), as far as I know, there are many military talents who I think are also
very outstanding. When these military talents left our kingdom, you did not
retain these people.
(Xiao He) answered.
I've been watching him for a while, and
I've often had deep conversations with him.
I think his thinking is very clear, he is a
very outstanding military talent, I don't think we can find anyone as good as
him in the whole kingdom.
(Xiao He) asked (Liu Bang) back at this
time.
What is your ideal? Now is a chaotic
generation, do you want to maintain the status quo or do you want to strengthen
our kingdom.
If you just want to maintain the status
quo, then we can let (Han Xin) leave our kingdom.
But if what you want is to defeat the
warlord forces all over China and unify the whole of China, then you need one
of the most outstanding generals to command all the armies for you.
The best candidate to be the
commander-in-chief of our kingdom's army, I think is (Han Xin).
(Liu Bang) Say yes.
I trust your judgment, and I will let him
be the commander-in-chief of our kingdom's army.
(Xiao He) answered.
A truly talented person needs us to invite
him with humility and prudence.
We must hold a ceremony, and appoint him
with great ceremony as commander-in-chief of our kingdom's armies.
(Liu Bang) follow (Xiao He)'s advice.
This idiom means that there is no one in
China who can be as good as him. This idiom is used to describe a person who is
very outstanding.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after hearing this story?
If you are (Liu Bang), will you listen to
(Xiao He)'s advice? Can you treat those who are more professional than you but
have a lower status than you with a humble and prudent attitude?
I hope this story can give you some new
harvest.
國士無雙(He is so outstanding, there is no one
in China who can be as good as him)
中國歷史上的漢王朝開國國王的名字叫做(劉邦)。而協助他創建漢王朝的最重要的將軍的名字是(韓信)。
(韓信)一生的故事非常的精采，歷史上記載了一個他的故事。
秦王朝的末年，中國境內有很多反抗勢力。這些反抗勢力中，最大的兩股力量是(項羽)與(劉邦)。
他加入(劉邦)的軍隊但他沒有受到重視。
他很灰心，有一天的早晨，他離開了(劉邦)的軍隊。
(蕭何)是(劉邦)最重要的幕僚。(蕭何)認為(韓信)是一個軍事天才。
因此當(蕭何)得知他離開(劉邦)的軍隊後，(蕭何)立刻親自騎馬去追上他並且挽留他。
(劉邦)知道這件事後就問(蕭何)。
你是我最重要的幕僚，我很重視你。
你為何沒有向我報告，就直接離開首都。
(蕭何)回答。
因為事態很緊急，我要趕緊找到(韓信)並且說服他回到我們的陣營。
(劉邦)問。
你為何特別重視(韓信)，據我所知，有很多我認為也很傑出的軍事人才也，這些軍事人才離開我們王國的時候，你並沒有挽留這些人。
(蕭何)回答。
我觀察他一陣子了，我也常常深入地與他談話。
我認為他的思路非常清晰，他是一個非常的傑出的軍事人才，我認為我們整個王國中，找不到可以與他一樣優秀的人。
(蕭何)這時候反問(劉邦)。
你的理想為何呢?現在是一個混亂的世代，你想要維持現狀還是你想要壯大我們王國。
如果你只想要維持現狀，那麼我們可以讓(韓信)離開我們王國。
但是如果你想要的是打敗中國各地的軍閥力量並且統一整個中國，那麼你就需要一個最傑出的將軍來為你指揮所有的軍隊。
擔任我們王國的軍隊的總指揮官的最佳人選，我認為就是(韓信)。
(劉邦)說好。
我相信你的判斷，我會讓他擔任我們王國的軍隊的總指揮官吧。
(蕭何)回答。
真正的有才能的人需要用我們用謙虛還有慎重的態度去邀請他。
我們必須舉辦一場典禮，用很隆重的儀式來聘任他為我們王國的軍隊的總指揮官。
(劉邦)聽從(蕭何)的建議。
這句成語的意思是國內找不到可以與他一樣優秀的人。這句成語被用來形容一個人非常傑出。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你如果事(劉邦)，你會聽(蕭何)的建議嗎?你是否能夠用謙虛與慎重的態度去對待那些比你專業但是地位比你低的人呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-淮陰侯列傳