We use a duel to decide the outcome(一決雌雄)
I want to compete with you, who is smarter.
I don't want to compete with you as to who is stronger.(鬥智不鬥力)
In the more than four years between the
fall of the Qin Dynasty in 207 BC and the establishment of the Han Dynasty by
Liu Bang in 202 AD, there were many wars between the Han Kingdom led by Liu
Bang and the Chu Kingdom led by Xiang Yu.
After the death of Xiang Yu's main military
advisor in 204 BC, the situation between the Chu Kingdom and the Han Kingdom
reversed and the Chu Kingdom began to suffer several successive defeats.
In 203 BC, the armies of the two kingdoms
faced each other in Henan Province, China, and the war was extremely
stalemated.
One day, Xiang Yu sent an envoy to Liu
Bang.
The envoy delivered Xiang Yu's message to
Liu Bang.
Our two kingdoms have been at war for
several years.
In recent years, many strong young men in
the Chu Kingdom have followed the army I lead to fight everywhere.
Almost everyone in the Chu Kingdom has to
support our army with supplies.
The wars of the past few years have
consumed a considerable amount of our human and financial resources.
I believe the situation in the Han Kingdom
is similar to ours.
Your people have also suffered greatly from
the war, and your people hope for peace as soon as possible.
The armies of our two kingdoms are roughly
equal in strength, and the war between us has become a long-term war of attrition.
So I have made a proposal.
I will represent the Kingdom of Chu, and
you will represent the Kingdom of Han.
The two of us agreed on a time, and then we
had a one-on-one duel in front of the armies of both sides. We used the duel to
decide the outcome.
The person who loses the duel must order
the army of his realm to surrender. Whoever wins the duel can unite all of
China.
What do you think of my proposal?
After listening to the message from Xiang
Yu's envoy, Liu Bang smiled and said to the envoy
You go back and report to Xiang Yu.
I want to compete with you, who is smarter.
I don't want to compete with you as to who is stronger.
I don't accept his offer.
The first idiom is used to describe a duel
between two people or two groups to determine the outcome.
The meaning of the second idiom is I want
to compete with you, who is smarter. I don't want to compete with you as to who
is stronger.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you want to be a very strong person or a
very wise person? Why do you think Xiang Yu made this suggestion?
I hope this story can help you gain
something.
一決雌雄(We use a duel to decide the outcome)
鬥智不鬥力(I want to compete with you, who is
smarter. I don't want to compete with you as to who is stronger.).
西元前207年秦王朝滅亡到西元202年劉邦統一整個中國建立漢王朝的這4年多的時間內，劉邦領導的漢王國與項羽所領導的楚王國之間發生了很多場戰爭。
西元前204年，項羽最重要的軍事參謀死了之後，楚王國與漢王國之間的情勢發生逆轉，楚王國開始連續吃了好幾場敗仗。
前203年，這兩個王國的軍隊在中國的河南省形成對峙的局面，戰情非常的膠著。
有一天項羽派遣一名使者去見劉邦。
這個使者對劉邦說了項羽的口信。
我們兩個王國之前已經彼此爭鬥好幾年了。
這幾年來，楚王國中有許多的強壯的年輕人隨著我帶領的軍隊到處去打仗。
楚王國幾乎所有人都必須協助我們的軍隊後援補給。
這幾年的戰爭消耗了我們相當多的人力與財力。
我相信漢王國的情況也與我們相同。
你們的百姓也深受戰爭之苦，你們的百姓也希望可以早日獲得和平。
我們兩個王國的軍隊的實力差不多，我們之間的戰爭目前已經變成一場長期的消耗戰。
所以我提出一個提議。
我代表楚王國，你代表漢王國。
我們兩個人約定好一個時間，然後我們在雙方的軍隊前面進行一對一的決鬥，我們用對決的方式來決定勝負。
對決輸了人就必須命令他的王國的軍隊投降，對決贏的人可以統一整個中國。
你覺得我這個提議如何。
劉邦聽完項羽的使者的口信後，他笑著對這個使者說。
你回去向項羽回報。
我想跟你比誰更有智慧。我不想跟你比誰力氣大。
我不接受他的這個提議。
第一句成語被用來形容兩個人或是兩個團體之間以對決的方式來決定勝負。
第二句成語的意思是我他想跟你比賽誰比較有智慧，我不想跟你比誰力氣大。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或是想法呢。
你希望自已成為一個力氣很大的人還是一個很有智慧的人呢?你認為項羽為何會提出這個提議呢?
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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