A lame man said he could fly to the sky.(蹇人上天)
The Western Han Dynasty of China fell in 8
AD, and from 8 AD to 25 AD it was the (New Dynasty). The Eastern Han Dynasty of
China began in 25 AD.
During the 30 years from the end of the
Western Han Dynasty to the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the
political situation in China was very unstable. Warlords throughout China
relied on their own military power to define their own spheres of influence.
One of these warlords was named (Kui Xiao)
and his story is recorded in history books.
He was born in the province of Gansu in
China. Many members of his family served as officials in the Western Han
Dynasty and the New Dynasty.
He was sick as a child and was lame in one
foot.
This did not make him feel inferior. He
thought that he could take advantage of the chaotic era to establish a new
kingdom for himself, so he used his hometown as a base and trained a group of
very powerful troops.
Before the New dynasty was about to fall, a
nursery rhyme suddenly appeared in the city where he lived.
Many children sang this nursery rhyme while
playing games.
The content of this nursery rhyme is as
follows
After I left the city gate, I walked
towards Diqun Mountain.
I met a lame man.
This lame man told me that he could fly
into the sky.
When I heard what he said, I laughed and
said to the lame man.
It is impossible for a human being to fly
in the sky. If people can really fly to the sky, I am not lame, so I will fly
to the sky faster than you.
This strange nursery rhyme seems to predict
the end of Wei Xiao's life.
He always wanted to found a new kingdom
during his lifetime, but he was never able to realise his ideal. He died in
regret.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that a lame man said he could fly to the sky.
The idiom is used to describe an impossible
thing.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you have a dream that others think is
impossible? If you were to die now, what would you regret not achieving?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
蹇人上天(A lame man said he could fly to the
sky.)
中國的西漢王朝滅亡於西元8年，西元8年到西元25年是(新王朝)。西元25年開始是中國的東漢王朝。
從西漢王朝的末年到東漢王朝的初年的這30年的時間內，中國的政治情勢非常地不穩定，中國各地的軍閥仰仗著各自的軍事力量劃分出屬於各自的勢力範圍。
其中有一個軍閥的名字叫做(隗囂)，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他出生在中國的甘肅省，他的家族中有很多人曾經擔任西漢王朝與新王朝的官員。
他小時候生病，所以他有一隻腳跛了。
他沒有因此而覺得自卑，他認為他可以趁著當時的混亂年代自己成立一個新的王國，因此他以他的故鄉為根據地，他訓練了一批很強大的軍隊。
新王朝要滅亡之前，他所住的城市中突然出現了一首童謠。
有很多小朋友在玩遊戲的時候都會唱著這首童謠。
這首童謠的內容如下。
我走出這座城市的城門後，我往堤群山的方向走過去。
我遇見一個跛腳的人。
這個跛腳的人對我說他可以飛上天空。
我聽了他的話後就哈哈大笑，我對這個跛腳的人說。
人類要飛上天空是不可能的事，萬一人類真的可以飛上天空，我沒有跛腳的人所以我會比你更快飛上天。
這一首奇特的童謠似乎預告了隗囂的人生結局。
他有生之年一直想要自己成立一個新的王國，但是他始終沒有辦法實現他的理想。他在遺憾中死去。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一個跛腳的人說他可以飛上天。
這句成語被用來形容一件不可能的事。
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。
你是否有一個別人都認為不可能完成的夢想呢?你如果現在死去，你會為你沒有完成什麼事而感到遺憾呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為後漢書-五行一