A person wearing expensive and beautiful clothes goes out in the dark night(錦衣夜行)
There is a famous hero in Chinese history.
His name is Xiang Yu.
He only lived for 30 years, and his
legendary life has been told by many Chinese people in later generations.
There is a story about him in the history
books.
In 207 BC, the revolutionary army led by
Liu Bang took the lead in attacking and occupying the capital of the Qin
dynasty.
Liu Bang did not kill the surrendered king
of the Qin dynasty, nor did he take anything from the Qin dynasty palace.
Liu Bang made an agreement with the people
of the capital to protect the lives and property of all.
In the same year, Xiang Yu entered the Qin
capital with an army of 400,000 men.
Xiang Yu was the person with the most
powerful military force among all the revolutionary armies at that time.
Xiang Yu had the surrendering king of the
Qin Dynasty killed. He seized all the treasures in the Qin palace and set the
Qin palace on fire.
This was because the Qin Imperial Palace
covered a very large area and had many buildings.
According to history books, the fire lasted
for three months before it was completely extinguished.
Relying on his strong military power, Xiang
Yu divided the whole of China into 18 regions.
He took the lead in allocating these 18
pieces of land to the leaders of 18 revolutionary armies.
a staff officer asked him.
The Qin dynasty has fallen, and there are
many lands in China that are better than the land in your hometown.
Why don't you keep the best and most
strategic land for yourself?
The land in your hometown is not the best
choice for you. What factors led you to make this decision?
After a few minutes of silence, he said to
the military officer
I have been away from my hometown for a
long time. I miss my hometown very much because I have many friends who have
lived there since I was a child.
I am now the most powerful person in China,
and I want my friends in my hometown to see my current achievements.
Let me give you a metaphor to describe my
current mood.
I am like a person wearing a set of
expensive and beautiful clothes.
When a person wears a set of expensive and
beautiful clothes, he hopes that his friends will envy and praise him.
So that person would not go out in the dark
wearing that set of expensive and beautiful clothes.
Because in the dark night my friends are
all asleep and there are no pedestrians on the road.
This idiom means a person wearing expensive
and beautiful clothes and going out in the dark night.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is unwilling to express his identity and status through external objects.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever felt similar to Xiang Yu? Do
you think designer clothes have a special meaning and value for you?
I hope this story can help you gain
something.
錦衣夜行(A person wearing expensive and
beautiful clothes goes out in the dark night)
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。
西元前207年，劉邦領導的革命軍率先攻入並且佔領了秦王朝的首都。
劉邦沒有殺了投降的秦王國的國王，他也沒有拿取秦王朝的皇宮中的任何一件物品。
劉邦與首都的人民約定好會保障所有百姓的生命與財產的安全。
同年，項羽帶領著他所帶領的40萬人的軍隊也進入了秦王朝的首都。
項羽是當時所有革命軍中，擁有最強大的軍事力量的人。
項羽下令殺了秦王朝投降的國王。他奪取了所有秦王朝的皇宮中的珍寶，他放了一把火燒掉秦王朝的皇宮。
由於秦王朝的皇宮佔地面積非常的大，而且建築物非常多。
根據歷史書記載，這場大火持續燒了三個月才完全熄滅。
項羽仗著自已的強大的軍力，他把整個中國分配成18個區域。
他主導分配這18塊土地給18個革命軍的領袖。
有一個參謀問他。
秦王朝已經滅亡，整個中國有許多的土地比你家鄉的那塊土地更好。
你為何不把最好的最具有戰略價值的土地留給自已呢?
你家鄉的這塊土地對你而言不是最好的選擇，是甚麼因素讓你最後做出這個決定呢?
他沉默了幾分鐘後，他對這個軍事參謀說。
我離開故鄉已經很久了，我很懷念我的故鄉，因為我從小到大有很多的朋友都住在那個地方。
我現在已經是全中國最有權力的人了，我想要讓我家鄉的朋友們都看到我現在的成就。
我舉一個比喻形容我現在的心情。
我就像是一個人穿著一套名貴又漂亮的衣服。
一個人穿著一套名貴又漂亮的衣服就是希望看到自己的朋友們羨慕與讚美自己。
所以這個人不會穿著這一套名貴又漂亮的衣服在黑夜裡外出。
因為在漆黑的夜裡，朋友們都最睡覺了而且路上沒有行人。
這句成語的意思是一個人穿著名貴又漂亮的衣服在漆黑的夜裡外出。
這句成語被用來形容一個人不願意藉由外在的物品彰顯自己身分與地位。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或是想法呢。
你有過與項羽類似的感受嗎?你認為名牌衣服對你而言有特殊的意義與價值嗎?
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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