You're going to untangle this tangle, but you're doing it the wrong way, you're complicating the situation(治絲益棼)
You're going to untangle this tangle, but you're doing it the wrong way, you're complicating the situation(治絲益棼)
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China, a
tragedy struck the royal family of the Kingdom of Wei.
The King of the Kingdom of Wei was
assassinated by his younger brother, who quickly took control of the military
power in the Kingdom of Wei and proclaimed himself the new King.
The name of the new king of the Kingdom of
Wei is (Zhouxu).
He is a man who believes in the use of
force, and history books record stories about him.
He became the new king of the Kingdom of
Wei, but his power base was not stable. Most of the people did not like him,
and many of his ministers disobeyed his leadership.
So he made a decision, he decided to start
a war to distract everyone in the kingdom.
He united the Kingdom of Chen, the Kingdom
of Song and the Kingdom of Cai to form a joint army to attack the Kingdom of
Zheng.
In response to this situation, the King of
the Kingdom of Lu held a meeting to discuss the situation.
The King of Lu said to a minister he
trusted
Do you think Zhouxu can continue to hold on
to his throne? How likely do you think it is that he will fail?
The minister replied.
I don't think he'll last long on the
throne, and I think there's a good chance he'll fail.
Asked the King of Lu Kingdom.
Why do you judge like that?
the minister replied.
According to the records in the history
books, we can see that the leader of a country must have good character and
integrity in order for the people to support him.
The leader of a country cannot use disaster
and chaos to win the support of the people.
If we want to sort out a mess of wool, we
must carefully find out the ends of the threads and patiently tidy up to
complete the task.
Governing a country is like untangling a
mess of thread.
The thread is the good character and
integrity of the leader.
If this principle is not grasped, this ball
of wool will not only remain unravelled, but will become even more untidy.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
solves a problem in the wrong way, only to make the problem more complicated.
Dear friend, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Do you have any difficulties that you find
difficult to solve? What do you think is the most important principle for
solving this difficulty?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
治絲益棼(You're going to untangle this tangle,
but you're doing it the wrong way, you're complicating the situation)
中國的春秋時代，衛王國的皇室發生了一件悲劇。
衛王國的國王被他的弟弟刺殺，他的弟弟迅速地掌控了衛王國內的軍事力量並且宣布自己繼任成為新的國王。
新任的衛王國的國王名字叫做(州吁)。
他是一個認為崇尚武力的人，歷史書上記載了關於他的故事。
他成為衛王國的新任國王但的權力基礎並不穩固，大多數的百姓都不喜歡他，另外有很多大臣也不服從他的領導。
所以他做了一個決定，他決定發起一場戰爭，轉移王國內所有人的焦點。
他聯合了陳王國與宋王國與蔡王國一起組成聯合軍隊去攻打鄭王國。
針對這個情況，魯王國的國王舉開了一場會議進行討論。
魯王國的國王對他所信賴的一個大臣說。
你認為州吁可以繼續維持他的王位嗎?你認為他有多大的機率會失敗呢?
這個大臣回答。
我認為他的王位無法維持太久，我認為他有很大的機率會失敗。
魯王國的國王問。
你為何這樣判斷呢?
這個大臣回答。
根據歷史書上的紀載，我們可以看見，一個國家的領導者要有好的品德與正直的行為才可以讓百姓擁護他。
一個國家的領導者不可能用災禍與混亂來獲得百姓的擁護。
如果我們要整理一團混亂的毛線，我們一定要細心地找出線頭，並且充滿耐心地整理才有可能完成這項任務。
治理一個國家就像是整理一團混亂的毛線。
線頭就是領導的好的品德與正直的行為。
如果沒有抓到這個原則，那麼這團毛線不但無法解開反而會變得更加混亂。
這句成語被用來形容一個人解決問題的方法不對，結果反而使這個問題變得更加複雜。
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。
你現在有遇到甚麼你覺得難以解決的困難嗎?你認為要解決這個困難的最重要的核心原則為何呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為左傳-隱公4年