He is stupid, but he thinks he is smarter than others(燕石亂玉)
In the Warring States period of China,
there was a famous thinker called Que Zi.
He wrote a story.
There was a man in the Song Kingdom who
travelled to the Yan Kingdom.
During his travels, he picked up a
beautifully coloured stone that he thought was of great value.
He thought it was fine jade.
After he brought the jade back home, he
couldn't help but show off to his friends that he had found this very valuable
jade.
His friends told him that they wanted to
look at the jade.
He agreed to their request.
A few days later he invited his friends to
his house.
His attitude was very cautious, he put on
his most beautiful clothes, he even took a bath first, and he even held an
offering ceremony.
He carefully took out a box and took out
this piece of jade wrapped in ten pieces of the hardest leather and ten pieces
of the softest satin.
He placed the jade on the table and his
friends were all amazed.
But one of them burst out laughing.
Confused, he asked the friend who was
laughing so loudly.
Why are you laughing?
The friend told him.
This stone is very beautiful, but this
stone is not jade.
This stone is worthless.
He was very angry when he heard this.
He growled at the friend.
Don't try to deceive me, I know your
intention, you deliberately belittled my jade, and then you want to buy this
precious jade at a low price.
He kicked the friend out of his house.
This man still holds this ordinary stone in
high esteem.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is stupid but thinks he is smarter than others.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Why do you think this person reacted in
this way? Have you ever made a similar mistake?
I hope this story can give you a new
harvest.
燕石亂玉(He is stupid, but he thinks he is
smarter than others)
中國的戰國時代有一個著名的思想家，他的名字叫做(闕子)。
他寫過一個故事。
宋王國有一個人，他到去燕王國旅遊。
他在旅遊的途中撿到了一塊顏色很美麗的石頭，他認定這塊石頭很有價值。
他認為這塊石頭是一塊上好的玉石。
他把這塊玉石帶回家後，他忍不住跟他的朋友們炫耀，他撿到了這個很有價值的玉石。
他的朋友們便跟他表示想要觀賞這塊玉石。
他答應他的朋友們的要求。
幾天後，他邀請他的朋友們到他的家中。
他的態度非常的慎重，他穿上了他最華麗的衣服，他還特地先洗了一個澡，他甚至舉辦了一場祭祀典禮。
他很謹慎地搬出一個箱子，他從箱子中拿出這塊外面包裹了十片最堅韌的皮革還有十塊最柔軟的綢緞的玉石。
他把這塊玉石放在桌上，他的朋友們都發出驚嘆。
但是其中有一個人卻發出巨大的笑聲。
他很不解，他問那一個發出巨大笑聲的朋友。
你為何大笑。
這個朋友對他說。
這塊石頭的確很美，這塊石頭並不是玉石。
這塊石頭並不值錢。
他聽到這句話後他非常的生氣。
他對這個朋友大聲咆哮。
你別想欺騙我，我知道你的目的，你故意貶低我這塊玉石的，然後你想要用低價買走這塊珍貴的玉石。
這個朋友被他趕出他的家。
這個人仍舊繼續珍藏這塊普通的石頭，。
這句成語被用來形容一個人很愚蠢但這個人覺得自已比別人聰明。
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。
你覺得這個人為何會有這種生氣的反應呢?你自己是否有犯過類似的錯誤嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為唐-藝文類聚-卷6-地部-石
https://ctext.org/text.pl?node=540841&if=gb&remap=gb
出處為後漢書-卷48-應劭
https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%BE%8C%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B748
