A complete failure (一敗塗地)
The name of the founding king of the Han
Dynasty was (Liu Bang). The Han Kingdom he led defeated all other kingdoms in
the chaotic generation after the fall of the Qin Dynasty.
History books record a story about him.
The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very
strict. The central government mobilized men from all over China to build
fortifications in the frontiers, and also mobilized many people to build the
tomb of Qin Shihuang in the capital. These behaviors caused great
dissatisfaction among many people.
In 209 BC, a man named (Chen Sheng) led a
group of people to rebel against the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
(Chen Sheng) captured an important city in
what is now Henan province, and he declared himself king of the territory.
In various cities across China, many
revolutionary leaders followed Chen Sheng's actions. These revolutionary
leaders led the people in each city who were dissatisfied with the rule of the
Qin Dynasty to kill the officials of the Qin Dynasty who managed the city.
These revolutionary leaders even linked up
with each other to fight against the Qin Dynasty's army.
When Liu Bang saw this situation, he
returned to the city where he used to be the director of the police station
from the mountain where he hid.
He wrote a letter to incite the people of
that city who were friendly with him.
The letter reads.
Many people in various parts of China are
very dissatisfied with the rule of the Qin Dynasty, and now many people in
various parts of China are rebelling against the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
According to my informant, troops from the
Revolutionary Army will come to attack our city soon.
I think the Qin dynasty will perish, so we
should respond to these revolutionary armies.
We should arrest the officials of the Qin
Dynasty who now rule our city and join the ranks of the revolutionary army.
Only by doing this can we protect the lives and property of us and our
families.
The people of the city agree with him.
So the people arrested the officials of the
Qin Dynasty who ruled the city.
But this city needs someone to be the
leader of the revolutionary army, and all the people elected Liu Bang.
Liu Bang said to these people who elected
him as leader.
Now is an era of chaos, and wars between
the government army of the Qin Dynasty and the revolutionary army are happening
all over China.
So we should choose a truly capable leader
to lead us.
If we choose an incompetent leader, all of
us in this city will lose our precious lives, which is the most complete
failure.
I think my ability is not enough, please
choose again, I believe there are more suitable candidates than me.
The people of the city said to him.
Please don't decline, we believe in your
leadership ability, and we unanimously recognize that you are the most suitable
leader for us. Please be our leader and lead us forward in these chaotic times.
After this incident, he changed from a
fugitive to the leader of the city. It also opened his first step to dominate
the whole of China.
This idiom is used to describe a complete
failure of a thing or a person
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thoughts do you have after hearing this story?
Do you think he really doesn't want to be
the leader of the city? What do you think are the qualities of a good leader?
I hope this story can give you something to
gain
一敗塗地(A complete failure)
漢王朝開國國王的名字叫做(劉邦)。他所領導的漢王國在秦王朝滅亡後的混亂世代中打敗其他所有王國。
歷史書上記載了一個關於他的故事。
秦王朝的法律非常嚴峻，中央政府調動中國各地的男子到邊疆修築防禦工事，又調動許多人到首都修築秦始皇的陵墓，這些行為造成了很多人民極大的不滿。
西元前209年，有一個名字叫做(陳勝)的男人帶領了一群人反抗秦王朝的統治。
(陳勝)攻佔了現在河南省的一座重要的城市，他宣布自己成為這塊領土的國王。
中國各地的各座城市中，有很多革命領袖學習陳勝的行為，這些革命領袖帶領著各城市中不滿秦王朝統治的人民殺掉管理該城市的秦王朝的官員。
這些革命領袖更彼此串聯，一起對抗秦王朝的軍隊。
劉邦看見這個情況，他就從他所躲藏的山上回到他曾經擔任派出所所長的那座城市。
他寫了一封信煽動那座城市中與他友好的百姓。
這封信中寫著。
中國各地有許多群眾都很不滿意秦王朝的統治，現在中國各地有很多人民起來反抗秦王朝的統治。
根據我的線報，很快就會有革命軍的軍隊會來攻打我們這座城市。
我認為秦王朝將會滅亡，所以我們應該響應這些革命軍。
我們應該要把現在統治我們這座城市的秦王朝的官員抓起來，並且加入革命軍的行列，我們這樣做，才可以保全我們與我們家人的生命與財產的安全。
這座城市中的百姓們認同他的觀點。
所以百姓們把統治這座城市的秦王朝的官員抓起來。
但是這座城市需要有一個人擔任革命軍的領袖，所有的百姓就推舉劉邦。
劉邦對這些推舉他擔任領袖的百姓說。
現在是一個混亂的時代，中國各地都在發生秦王朝的政府軍與革命軍的戰爭。
所以我們應該要選擇一個真正有能力的領袖來帶領我們。
如果我們選了一個不適任的領袖，那麼我們這座城市中的所有人都會因此喪失我們寶貴的生命，這是最徹底的失敗。
我認為我的能力不夠，請大家再重新選擇，我相信有比我更適任的人選。
這座城市中的百姓們對他說。
請你不要推辭，我們相信你的領導能力，我們一致公認你是最適合我們的領袖人選。請你擔任我們的領袖，在這個混亂的時代中帶領我們前進。
經過這個事件，他從一個逃犯，變成了這座城市的領導者。也開啟了他稱霸全中國的第一步。
這句成語被用來形容一件事情或一個人徹底的失敗
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或是想法呢。
你認為他真的不想擔任這座城市的領袖嗎?你認為一個好的領袖應該有怎樣的特質呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一點收穫。
出處為史記-高祖本紀