Zhang Xu(張緒) (422 AD -
489 AD)
His surname is (Zhang), his parents gave
him the name (Xu), and his friends called him (Siman) as he grew up. He was
born in the province of Jiangsu, China.
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張 |
Open means. It is also one of the Chinese
surnames. |
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緒 |
The meaning of beginning. |
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思 |
The meaning of thought. |
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曼 |
The meaning of expansion. long meaning. |
He was a famous minister of the Southern
Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China.
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He's a very learned man, he's a very
old-school scholar.
He was a famous master of Yijing at that
time.
His personality is simple and his desires
are few, he doesn't value money, he often invites his students or subordinates
to dinner.
He is not a very good financial man, and on
several occasions he did not consider his own needs at all, and gave all his money
to the poor, so he had no money to eat.
Seeing this situation, his students invited
him to dinner one after another, and he generously accepted the kindness of
these students.
His personality is very upright, he does
not like to flatter others, and he will not act against his conscience just to
benefit others.
Because of this, he was ostracised by some
people in his official career, but he didn't care.
The king at that time respected his noble
character very much.
Once the king and some ministers were
listening to an eminent monk explaining Buddhist scriptures.
The monk arrived late and sat far away, but
the king got up and walked over to sit beside him.
The monk looked at the king suspiciously,
and the king smiled and said to him
I'm sitting next to you because I want to
discuss with you what you've learnt in class.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after listening to this story?
What is your favourite and most read book?
Do you know someone like him?
I hope this story can give you a new harvest.
張緒(Zhang Xu) (西元422年-西元489年)
他的姓是(張)，他的父母給他取的名字是(緒)，長大後朋友稱呼他的名字是(思曼)，他出生地位於在中國的江蘇省。
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張 |
打開的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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緒 |
開端的意思。 |
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思 |
思想的意思。 |
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曼 |
延長的意思。漫長的意思。 |
他是中國的南北王朝時代，南王朝的一個著名的大臣。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他是一個很有學問的人，他是一個很老派的學者。
他是那個時代著名的研究易經的大師。
他的個性很簡單而且他的慾望很少，他不重視金錢，他常常請自已的學生或部屬吃飯。
他不是一個很會理財的人，有好幾次，他完全沒有考慮到自已的需要，他把所有的錢都拿去救濟窮人，他因此沒有錢吃飯。
他的學生們看到這個情況就紛紛請他吃飯，他大方的接受這些學生們的好意。
他的個性很正直，他不喜歡奉承別人，他也不會因為想要從別人身上得到好處就做出違背自己良心的行為。
他因此在仕途上，受到一些人的排擠，但他沒有因此在意。
當時的國王非常的敬重他的高尚品格。
有一次，國王與一些大臣們一起聽一個高僧講解佛經。
他比較晚到所以坐的比較遠，國王就站起來走過去坐到他的旁邊。
他很疑惑的看著國王，國王笑著對他說。
我坐在你旁邊因為我
想要邊聽課邊跟你討論你聽這場課的心得。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你最喜歡而且讀過最多次的書是那一本呢?你有認識像他一樣的人嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為南史-列傳卷31-張緒傳
