A newly created army that suddenly rises(異軍特起)
There is a city in the middle of Zhejiang
Province called (Dongyang) City.
In the city government of (Dongyang) City,
there is a senior official in charge of documents. His name is (Chen Ying).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
In 209 AD, many rebel forces rose up in
China.
In China's Anhui and Zhejiang provinces,
many people gathered separately.
These common people formed the
revolutionary army, and the appeal of this revolutionary army was to resist the
rule of the Qin dynasty.
This wave of revolution blew into
(Dongyang) city.
Thousands of young people gathered in the
city, and these young people stormed the city hall and killed the mayor.
The leaders of these young people held a
meeting to discuss the next steps.
One of the youth leaders suggested that we
should elect someone to lead us.
This person must be knowledgeable and wise,
this person must be honest and upright, and this person's personality should be
prudent and kind.
Based on these conditions, these young
leaders chose (Chen Ying) as their leader.
In order to distinguish themselves from
other revolutionary groups, these young leaders made a rule that young people
who joined the revolutionary army should wear a green headscarf.
The newly formed army suddenly numbered
about 20,000 men.
A few days after Chen Ying became the
leader of this revolutionary army, his mother told him one night.
You have become the leader of this
revolutionary army, what kind of future do you think you can lead this
revolutionary army into?
Chen Ying said to his mother.
We want to overthrow the Qin Dynasty, but
we haven't come up with a concrete plan yet.
Said his mother.
No one in your family has ever served as a
senior official in the central government.
People in your family have no reputation or
connections in Zhejiang Province. How many people do you think will join your
army after it leaves [Dongyang] City?
Chen Ying lowered his head in thought.
His mother said.
You are a talented person, but I don't
think your talent and reputation are enough to make you a great leader who can
successfully integrate all the revolutionary groups to overthrow the rule of
the Qin Dynasty.
Therefore, I suggest that you take these
young people to (Dongyang) City to join a revolutionary group whose leader has
fame and talent.
He asked his mother.
Which group do you think we should join?
His mother said.
The leader of the revolutionary army in
Kuaiji Province is called (Xiang Liang). His father was a great general of the
Chu Kingdom in his lifetime, and his family has been military generals of the
Chu Kingdom for generations.
He was a man of wisdom and knowledge, so I
think it would be in your best interest to join his revolutionary army group.
He agreed with his mother.
He immediately contacted Xiang Liang, and a
few weeks later he took the revolutionary army from (Dongyang) city to join
(Xiang Liang's) army.
This idiom means a newly formed army that
suddenly appears.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after hearing this story?
If you were him, would you agree with your
mother? Can you accept the reality that you are worse than others in certain
objective conditions?
I hope this story can give you a new
harvest.
異軍特起(A newly created army that suddenly
rises)
在浙江省的中部有一座城市，這座城市的名字叫做(東陽)市。
(東陽)市的市政府內有一個負責文書的高級官員，他的名字叫(陳嬰)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
西元209年，中國境內興起很多反抗勢力。
中國的安徽省和浙江省中、有很多百姓各自集聚。
這些百姓們組成了革命軍，這些革命軍的訴求是反抗秦王朝的統治。
這股革命風潮吹到(東陽)市。
這座城市內有好幾千位年輕的百姓聚集在一起，這些青年們攻進了市政府並且殺了市長。
這些青年的領袖們開了一個會，討論接下來要如何行動。
有一個青年領袖提議，我們應該選出一個人帶領我們。
這個人必須要有知識而且有智慧，這個人必須要誠實而且正直，這個人的個性應該要謹慎而且厚道。
這些年輕的領袖們根據這幾個條件，他們推選出了(陳嬰)作為它們的領袖。
這些年輕的領袖們為了彰顯自己與其他革命團體的區別，他們訂了一個規定，他們要求加這個革命軍的青年們都要戴上一個綠色的頭巾。
這隻突然興起的新建立的軍隊的人數大約有20000人。
陳嬰成為這支革命軍的領導的幾天後，他的母親在一個夜裡對他說。
你成了這支革命軍隊的領袖，你認為你可以帶領這支革命軍隊走向怎樣的未來呢?
陳嬰對她的母親說。
我們想要推翻秦王朝的統治，但我們還沒有擬出具體的計劃。
他的母親說。
你的家族中，沒有人曾經擔任過中央政府的高級官員。
你的家族中的人在浙江省中既沒有名望也沒有人脈，你認為這支軍隊離開(東陽)市後，會有多少人加入你們的隊伍呢?
陳嬰低頭思索。
他的母親說。
你是一個有才能的人，但是我認為你的才能與名望並不足以讓你成為一個可以成功整合所有的革命團體一起推翻秦王朝的統治的主要領導者。
因此我建議你，你應該戴著(東陽)市中的這些年輕人，加入一個領導者具備名望與才能的革命團體中。
他問他的母親。
你認為我們應該加入誰的團體呢?
她的母親說。
會稽省的革命軍的領導者的名字是(項梁)，他的父親生前是楚王國一個偉大的將軍，他的家族世世代代都是楚王國的軍事將領。
他是一個有智慧又有知識的人，因此我認為，加入他的革命軍團體，這對你們會最為有利。
他認同他的母親的看法。
他立刻聯絡項梁，幾個禮拜後，他帶著這隻(東陽)市的革命軍加入(項梁)的軍隊。
這句成語的意思是一支突然興起的新建立的軍隊。
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。
你如果是他，你會認同你的母親的看法嗎?你是否可以接受你在某些客觀條件上，比別人差的現實呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-項羽本紀
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