Reduce military spending and increase
education budget(偃武修文)
The name of the founding king of the Zhou
Kingdom was (Ji Fa), and there is a story about him recorded in history books.
In 1046 BC, after he led many princes to
defeat the Shang Dynasty, he returned to the capital.
He held a grand sacrificial ceremony.
At this ceremony he delivered a speech to
all the princes.
He said.
My ancestors were very hardworking, and my
ancestors had high moral standards. Thus my ancestors won the respect of the
people of the surrounding kingdoms.
Because the king of the Shang Dynasty was
very bad, he treated all the people with cruelty, so we accepted the will of
God, we formed an army to attack the Shang Dynasty, and we overthrew the rule
of the Shang Dynasty.
I pray that God will continue to help our
kingdom prosper.
I will also treat all the people with
kindness as before.
We will spend less on the military and then
more on education.
I will give each vassal title and land
according to their merits.
I will appoint those who are kind and
upright as government officials, I will govern the country with integrity and
justice, and I will pay attention to people's food, daily life and various
needs in life.
This idiom means to reduce military
spending and increase education budget.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after hearing this story?
How much is your country's annual budget
for armaments and education? Is your country's government clean?
I hope this story can give you some new
harvest.
偃武修文(Reduce military spending and increase
education budget)
周王國的開國國王名字叫做(姬發)，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
西元前1046年，他領導許多的諸侯打敗商王朝後，他回到首都。
他舉辦的盛大的祭祀典禮。
他在這場典禮上對所有的諸侯們發表了一篇演說。
他說。
我的祖先們非常的勤勞，而且我的祖先們有很高的道德水平。因此我的祖先們贏得了周圍的王國的人民的尊敬。
因為商王朝的國王非常的壞，他用兇惡對待所有的人民，所以我們承接神的旨意，我們組成軍隊攻打商王朝，我們推翻了商王朝的統治。
我祈求神繼續的幫助我們的王國興盛。
我也會像以前一樣，用仁慈對待所有的百姓。
我們將減少軍事方面的支出，然後增加教育方面的預算。
我會按照每個諸侯的功勞給予他們相應的爵位與土地。
我會任命那些善良與正直的人擔任政府的官員，我會用誠信與正義來治理國家，我會重視人民的飲食起居與生活上的種種需要。
這句成語的意思是減少軍備支出並增加教育的預算。
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。
你的國家的每年的軍備與教育的預算各為多少呢?你的國家的政府是否清廉呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為尚書-武成
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