Restrain the atmosphere of greed and
improve the atmosphere of the whole society.(激貪勵俗)
During the Three Kingdoms period in China,
there was a famous minister in the Kingdom of Cao Wei, and his name was (Wang
Chang).
History books tell a story about him.
He attached great importance to the
education of children, and wrote an article for his two sons.
In this article there is a paragraph that
reads as follows.
Not long ago, two remarkable cases occurred
in our kingdom.
The protagonist of one case is (Wei Xi).
He secretly gathered many people and
planned to rebel.
After the case was discovered, he was
sentenced to death.
The protagonist of another case is (Cao
Wei).
He collected money from the Kingdom of Wu,
and then used the money to bribe many celebrities in our kingdom to gather
information.
After the case was exposed, he was
sentenced to death.
I know these two people. They have confused
many people with hypocritical words, they have gathered many rebellious and
treacherous people, and they have incited many young people to do many bad
things.
They have had a very bad influence on this
society.
In contrast to these two people, we can
also see another type of people in the history books. These people choose to
sacrifice their lives in pursuit of noble morality.
These people are worthy of our respect, and
their words and deeds have indeed suppressed the atmosphere of greed and
improved the atmosphere of the whole society, but I think a person with a truly
perfect moral character will not just throw away his life.
Our family has many ancestors who served as
government officials.
Our ancestors have many good virtues that
are worth learning, and you must remember them.
These virtues are kindness, justice,
prudence, filial piety to parents, brotherly love, and the willingness to learn
humbly from others.
We can learn all sorts of things from
different people, because everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
For example.
You all know my good friend (Guo Yi).
He will despise some people who are less
capable than him, which is his weakness.
But he also has many advantages.
He is a man of understanding, intelligence
and knowledge, and he will not use money and power to measure a person's worth.
This idiom means to curb the climate of
greed and improve the atmosphere of the whole society.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after listening to this story?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of
your good friends? Do you look down on those who are lower in social status
than you?
I hope this story can give you a new
harvest.
激貪勵俗(Restrain the atmosphere of greed and
improve the atmosphere of the whole society.)
中國的三國時代，曹魏王國有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做(王昶)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他很重視孩子的教育，他寫過一篇文章給他的兩個兒子。
這篇文章中有一段的大意如下。
不久之前，我們王國中發生了兩件著名的案件。
一個案件的主角是(魏諷)。
他暗中糾集了很多人，他計畫要造反。
這個案件被揭發後他被處以死刑。
另外一個案件的主角是(曹偉)。
他收取吳王國的金錢，然後用這些金錢賄絡絡很多我們王國中的名人以蒐集情報。
這個案件被揭發後他被判處死刑。
這兩個人我都認識，他們用虛偽的言語迷惑了很多人，他們聚集了很多叛逆奸詐的人，他們煽動了很多年輕人做了許多壞事。
他們給這個社會帶來了很不好的影響。
與這兩個人相反的，在歷史書上我們還可以看到另一類人，這些人為了追求高尚的道德，他們選擇犧牲自已的生命。
這些人值得我們尊敬，他們的言行也的確抑制貪婪的風氣並讓整個社會的風氣變好，但是我認為一個有著真正的完美品德的人是不會輕易地丟棄自已的生命的。
我們家族中，有很多的祖先都曾經擔任過政府的官員。
我們的祖先們有很多美好的德行值得我們學習，你們都要謹記在心。
這些德行就是仁慈、正義、謹慎、孝順父母、友愛兄弟姊妹與願意謙虛地向他人學習。
我們從不同的人的身上可以學到各種不同的東西，因為每個人都有優點也有缺點。
舉一個例子。
你們都認識我的好朋友(郭奕)。
他會藐視一些能力比他差的人，這是他的缺點。
但他同時也有很多優點。
他是一個為人通達、聰敏，有知識的人，他不會用金錢與權力去衡量一個人的價值。
這句成語的意思是抑制貪婪的風氣並讓整個社會的風氣變好。
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。
你的好朋友有什麼優點與缺點呢?你會瞧不起那些社會地位比你低的人嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為三國志-卷27魏書-徐胡二王傳-王昶https://www.arteducation.com.tw/guwen/bookv_4869.html