Occupying the commanding heights(高屋建瓴)
The name of the founding king of the Han
Dynasty was (Liu Bang), and the name of the most important general who helped
him found the Han Dynasty was (Han Xin).
History books record a story about them.
202 BC. (Liu Bang) thought (Han Xin) was
about to rebel, so he ordered (Han Xin) to be arrested.
Han Xin has a good friend called (Tian
Ken). Tian Ken was an important minister in the Han Dynasty.
Tian Ken went to see Liu Bang.
Tian Ken said.
In the past two years, many good things
have happened in our Han Dynasty. You must feel very happy.
Liu Bang asked Tian Ken suspiciously.
You are referring to several things.
Tian Ken said.
I think there are three good things.
(Han Xin) was arrested and sent to prison,
that is the first good thing.
The second good thing is that you found a
great place and built the capital of the Han Dynasty,
The capital of the Han Dynasty was
surrounded by a vast and fertile plain. The plains are surrounded by natural
mountains and rivers as barriers.
This piece of land is in the upper reaches
of the Yellow River, and this piece of land has a very good strategic
advantage.
If we were to attack the enemy, it would be
like a man standing on a roof with a full bottle of water, and that man would
use the water in that bottle to attack another person standing on the ground.
The man on the ground cannot escape the
attack.
The third good thing is that we received
the land near the Shandong Peninsula from the Chu Kingdom.
There are many rich resources around this
piece of land, and the strategic location of this piece of land is very
important.
Because we obtained this piece of land, we
were able to surround and defeat the Chu Kingdom.
Liu Bang was aware of (Tian Ken's)
intention at that time.
The Han dynasty was able to acquire this
piece of land around the capital, as well as the Shandong Peninsula, and
eventually defeated the Kingdom of Chu. The greatest hero was (Han Xin).
Tian Ken reminded him that Han Xin had
always been very loyal to him, and that he should check whether Han Xin really
wanted to rebel.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
occupies the commanding heights, and those who stand on the lower ground cannot
resist that person's attack.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
If you want to persuade Liu Bang to release
Han Xin, what method will you use to persuade Liu Bang? How do you think Han
Xin's life will end?
I hope this story can give you a new
harvest.
高屋建瓴(Occupying the commanding heights)
漢王朝開國國王的名字叫做(劉邦)，協助他創建漢王朝的最重要的將軍的名字是(韓信)。
歷史書上記載了一個他們的故事。
西元前202年。(劉邦)認為(韓信)準備叛變，他下令逮捕(韓信)。
韓信有一個好朋友，這個好朋友的名字叫做(田肯)。田肯是漢王朝的一個重要的大臣。
田肯去見劉邦。
田肯說。
這一兩年來，我們漢王朝接連地發生了很多的好事，你一定感覺很開心吧。
劉邦很疑惑地
你指的是幾件事。
田肯說。
我認為有三件天大的好事。
(韓信)被逮捕並且下到監獄中，這是第一件好事。
第二件好事是你找到一個非常棒的地點並且建立了漢王朝的首都，
漢王朝的首都周圍是一片又廣大又肥沃的平原。平原的周圍有著天然的山川與河流作為屏障。
這一塊土地位於黃河的上游，這塊土地具有非常好的戰略優勢。
如果我們要對敵人發動攻勢，那就好像是一個人拿著裝滿水的水瓶站在屋頂上，這個人用這水瓶中的水攻擊另一個站在地面上的人。
這個站在地面上的人無法逃避這攻擊。
第三件好事是我們從楚王國的手中，取得了山東半島附近那一塊土地
這一塊土地周圍有著許多豐富的資源，而且這一塊土地的戰略位置非常重要。
因為我們取得這塊土地，所以我們才能包圍楚王國並且打敗楚王國。
劉邦這時候覺察到(田肯)的意圖。
漢王朝能夠取得首都周圍的這塊土地，還能取得山東半島最後打敗楚王國，最大的功臣就是(韓信)。
田肯提醒他，韓信始終對他非常的忠誠，他應該重新調查韓信是否真的要叛變。
這一句成語被用來形容一個人占據了制高點，站在低處的人無法抵擋這個人的攻擊。
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。
你如果要勸說劉邦釋放韓信，你會用甚麼方式勸說劉邦嗎?你認為韓信的人生結局會是怎樣的呢?
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
https://www.arteducation.com.tw/guwen/bookv_179.htm
出處為史記-高祖本記
https://www.arteducation.com.tw/guwen/bookv_95.html