A person who understands the truth(有道之士)
Of all the kingdoms that existed at the end
of China's Warring States period, the most powerful was the Kingdom of Qin.
The Prime Minister of the Qin Kingdom (Lu
Buwei) summoned scholars from various kingdoms.
These scholars collected papers from
various academic schools in China at that time and compiled them into a book.
The content of this book is very rich, with
a total of more than 200,000 words.
There is one passage in this book.
In ancient China there were many great
kings. These ancient kings formulated relevant laws based on the social type
and social development at that time.
Today we follow many of the laws left over
from ancient times, but our social type and social development are completely
different from those of ancient times.
Therefore, we must revise these laws
according to the current situation so that they can meet today's social conditions.
In revising these laws, we must grasp a
very important principle.
When the great kings of ancient China
formulated laws, they thought about how to formulate these laws from a
humanistic perspective.
These ancient kings knew that they were the
same as all the people, and that they and all the people were ordinary human
beings.
Therefore, these ancient kings could infer
the thoughts and actions of others by observing their own thoughts and actions.
This ancient king clearly understood that
although times have changed, many important values of human nature and common
emotional experiences will not change.
These ancient kings were men who understood
the truth.
The biggest difference between a person who
understands the truth and other people is that these people can infer what is
happening far away from them from what is happening around them.
A person who understands the truth can
deduce things that cannot be seen from what he can see.
A person who understands the truth can
deduce what happened in ancient times from what is happening in modern times.
This idiom means a person who understands
the truth.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you consider yourself a reasonable
person? When you communicate with others, do you think about problems from their
point of view?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
有道之士(A person who understands things)
中國的戰國時代末年的所有王國中，最強大的王國是秦王國。
秦王國的宰相(呂不韋)召集了各個王國的學者。
這些學者們整理出當時全中國的各種不同的學術流派的論文並編輯成了一本書。
這一本書的內容非常的豐富，總字數超過了20多萬字。
這本書裡有一段話。
中國的古代有許多偉大的國王，這些古代的國王們根據當時的社會型態與社會發展情況制定了相關的法律。
我們現在遵循了很多古代留下來的法律，但我們的社會型態與社會發展情況已經跟古代大不相同。
因此我們要配合現在的情勢修改這些法律，讓這些法律可以符合當今的社會狀況。
我們在修改這些法律的時候，要把握一個很重要的原則。
中國的古代的那些偉大的國王在制定法律的時候，會站在人本主義的角度去思考如何制定這些法律。
這些古代的國王知道自已跟所有的百姓都一樣，自己與所有百姓都是一個普通的人類。
因此這些古代的國王透過觀察自己的想法與行為就可以推理到其他人的想法與行為。
這個古代的國王清楚的理解，雖然時代已經改變，但是人類本質的很多重要的價值與共同會有的情感體驗是不會改變的。
這些古代的國王都是明白真理的人。
一個明白真理的人與其他人最大的不同點就是這些人可以根據自己身邊發生的事情去推論到遠方發生的事情。
一個明白真理的人可以根據看的到的事情推論到那些看不見的事情。
一個明白真理的人可以根據現代正在發生的事情推論到古代發生過的事情。
這句成語的意思是一個明白真理的人。
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。
你認為自己是一個明白事理的人嗎?你在與其他人溝通的時候，會站在別人的角度去思考問題嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為呂氏春秋-慎大覽-察今
