He watched it happen and he did nothing.(做壁上觀)
There is a famous hero in Chinese history.
His name is Xiang Yu.
He only lived to be 30 years old in his
life, and his legendary life has been told by many Chinese descendants.
History books record a story about him.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty in China,
many revolutionary armies rose up in various kingdoms in China. The goals of
these revolutionary armies were all the same, and the goal of these
revolutionary armies was to overthrow the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
The revolutionary army of the Chu Kingdom
is the most powerful among the revolutionary armies of the various kingdoms,
and (Xiang Yu) is the most famous general in the Chu Kingdom.
In 208 AD, the army of the Qin Kingdom
attacked the revolutionary army in the Zhao Kingdom.
The army of the Qin Kingdom surrounded the
(Julu) city where the revolutionary army of the Zhao Kingdom was stationed.
Many revolutionary armies from other
kingdoms also came to (Julu) City to assist the Zhao Kingdom's revolutionary
army in resisting the Qin Dynasty's army.
(Xiang Yu) led the Chu Kingdom's
revolutionary army to arrive, and he led the Chu Kingdom's army and the Qin
Dynasty's army to fight nine very tragic battles on the plain outside Julu
City.
The fighting will of the soldiers of the
Kingdom of Chu is very high and very brave. Every soldier is determined to
fight against the army of the Qin Dynasty with the determination to die.
The leaders of the revolutionary armies of
the various kingdoms in Julu City stood on the city wall and watched the
confrontation between the two armies outside the city wall.
Due to the fierce battle situation, the
leaders of these revolutionary army were too frightened to order their own
troops to go out of the city to assist the Kingdom of Chu.
Under the leadership of Xiang Yu, the
revolutionary army of the Kingdom of Chu finally defeated the army of the
mighty Qin Dynasty.
In the Qin army, one general was captured,
another was killed, and another burned himself to death after the defeat.
On the second day after the Chu Kingdom
army defeated the main army of the Qin Dynasty, the most powerful in China at
that time, Xiang Yu sat in his barracks and all the leaders of the
revolutionary army in Julu City came together to the Chu Kingdom barracks.
These revolutionary army leaders all knelt
down in front of Xiang Yu, and these revolutionary army leaders said to Xiang
Yu
From now on, you are the supreme leader of
all our revolutionary armies. We all surrender to you, we all obey your orders
and commands, we pledge our allegiance to you, and we will follow you to
overthrow the rule of the Qin dynasty.
The literal translation of this phrase is
that they were standing on the city wall watching the confrontation between the
armies of the Qin Dynasty and the Chu Kingdom.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
watches something happen without taking any action.
This saying means that we will succeed or
fail depending on our actions this time.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration or
thought do you have after listening to this story?
If you were the leader of the revolutionary
army in Julu City, would you order your own army to join the war? If you were a
general of the Qin Dynasty, would you want to die on the battlefield or would
you surrender voluntarily?
I hope you can gain something from this
story.
做壁上觀(He watched it happen and he did
nothing.)
中國歷史上有一個著名的英雄。他的名字叫做項羽。
他一生只活了30歲，他的傳奇人生被後代的許許多多中國人傳述。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
中國的秦王朝末年，中國的各個王國中興起了很多革命軍，這些革命軍的目標都是相同的，這些革命軍的目標都是要推翻秦王朝的統治。
楚王國的革命軍是各個王國的革命軍中最強大的，(項羽)是楚王國中最著名的將軍。
西元208年，秦王國的軍隊攻打位於趙王國的革命軍。
秦王國的軍隊包圍了趙王國的革命軍所駐守的(鉅鹿)城。
有很多支其他王國的革命軍也來到(鉅鹿)城協助趙王國的革命軍抵擋對抗秦王朝的軍隊。
(項羽)帶領著楚王國的革命軍抵達後，他帶領著楚王國的軍隊與秦王朝的軍隊在鉅鹿城外的平原上進行了九次非常慘烈的戰鬥。
楚王國的士兵們的戰鬥意志很高昂而且非常的勇敢，每個士兵都抱著必死的決心與秦王朝的軍隊對戰。
鉅鹿城中的各個王國的各支革命軍的領袖站在城牆上看著城牆外的兩支軍隊對決。
由於戰況過於慘烈，這些革命軍的領袖嚇得不敢命令自已的軍隊出城協助楚王國。
楚王國的革命軍在項羽的帶領之下，最終打敗了強大的秦王朝的軍隊。
秦王朝的軍隊中有一個將軍被俘虜，還有另一個將軍被殺，另外一個將軍在戰敗後自焚而死。
楚王國的軍隊打敗了當時全中國最強大的秦王朝的主力軍隊後的第二天，項羽坐在自己軍營內，鉅鹿城中所有革命軍領袖一起來到楚王國的軍營。
這些革命軍領袖全部都跪在項羽的面前，這些革命軍的領袖對項羽說。
從今天起，你就是我們所有革命軍的最高領袖，我們全部臣服與你，我們都聽從你的調度與指揮，我們宣示對你效忠，我們要跟隨你一起推翻秦王朝的統治。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是他們站在城牆上旁觀秦王朝與楚王國的軍隊對決，
這句成語被用來形容一個人旁觀一件事情的發生而這個人卻沒有任何的動作
這句成語的意思是我們會成功或失敗取決於我們這一次的行動。
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。
如果你是鉅鹿城內的革命軍領袖，你會命令自己的軍隊加入這場戰爭嗎?你如果是秦王朝的將軍，你會想要戰死在戰場上還是你會主動投降呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一點收穫。
出處為史記-項羽本紀
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