This person is very vulgar(俗不可醫)
(Su Shi) is the most outstanding writer and
poet in Chinese history.
In 1073 AD, he and a monk friend visited a
temple in Hangzhou. There was a lot of bamboo planted in this temple. He liked
the atmosphere of this temple very much.
He wrote a poem.
I would rather not eat meat every day than
live in a place where bamboo is not grown.
Not eating meat every day makes a person
thin, not seeing bamboo every day makes a person vulgar.
With the help of drugs, a person can easily
change from thin to fat.
But there is no drug in the world that can
change a person from vulgar to elegant.
You may laugh at me for being too distant
and unrealistic.
But I don't think we can be refined and
vulgar at the same time.
Our lives are often like that, we can't
have everything at the same time, we have to make choices.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is very vulgar.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Do you like bamboo? Do you think of
yourself as a vulgar person or an elegant person?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
俗不可醫(This person is very vulgar)
(蘇軾)是中國歷史上最傑出的文學家與詩人。
西元1073年，他與他的一個僧人朋友在杭州參觀了一間寺廟，這間寺廟中種植了很多的竹子，他很喜歡這間寺廟的氣氛。
他寫了一首詩。
我寧願每天都沒有肉吃，我不願意我住的地方沒有種植竹子。
每天都不吃肉會讓一個人變瘦，每天都看不到竹子則會讓一個人變得庸俗。
藉由藥物的調養可以很輕易地讓一個人由瘦變成胖。
但是這世上沒有任何的藥物可以讓一個人從庸俗變成高雅
你可能會嘲笑我的想法太過超脫太過不切實際。
但我認為我們不可能同時具備高雅與庸俗這兩種特質。
我們的生活往往就是這樣，我們不可能同時擁有一切，我們必須要做出選擇。
這句成語被用來形容一個人非常的庸俗。
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。
你喜歡竹子嗎?你認為自己是一個庸俗或是高雅的人呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋-蘇東坡-於潛僧綠筠軒