A rotten sheep's head(爛羊頭)
During the Han Dynasty in China, historians
divide it into the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD) and the Eastern Han
Dynasty (25 AD - 220 AD).
Between these two dynasties there was a
short-lived New Dynasty (9 AD - 23 AD).
After the fall of the New Dynasty, China
was in a state of division.
In the Western Han Dynasty, a royal family
of nobles established a kingdom at this time.
The name of this nobleman is (Liu Xuan).
There is a story about him recorded in
history books.
After he founded this kingdom, he did not
concentrate on ruling it.
He gave his wife's father the power to rule
the country.
Every day he held banquets in the palace
with his wife and concubines, where they drank and had fun.
Whenever some of the loyal ministers in the
kingdom wanted to report something important to him, he was always in a drunken
state.
His wife would also scold these loyal
ministers, "Don't disturb our drinking. You can take care of these little
things yourself.
Because of this, the ministers in the
kingdom were very worried about the future of the whole kingdom, so they kept
advising him.
Once, when he heard the advice of these
ministers, he got angry, took out his sword and wanted to kill these ministers.
From then on, the ministers were afraid to speak their minds.
Because of his incompetence, many high
officials who had the power of the central government followed him to casually
handle the public affairs of the kingdom.
These ministers even openly sold their
official positions.
As long as you have money, as long as you
have a good relationship with these big officials, no matter if you are a cook,
an illiterate, or a businessman, you can be hired to work in the central
government.
After these people became officials of the
central government, they dressed in very splendid and extravagant clothes and
bullied ordinary people all over the capital. So all the people were very
angry. The people even made up a ballad to mock and ridicule these people.
The literal translation of this idiom is a
rotten sheep's head.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
has obtained his official position by illegal means.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Is your country's political climate clean?
Which political system do you agree with?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
爛羊頭(A rotten sheep's head)
中國的漢王朝時代，歷史學家將其分為西漢王朝(西元前202年-西元8年)與東漢王朝(西元25年-西元220年)。
這兩個王朝中間，夾帶著一個短暫的新王朝(西元9年-西元23年)。
新王朝滅亡後，中國處於分裂的狀態。
西漢王朝有一個皇室的貴族在這個時刻建立了一個王國。
這個貴族的名字叫做(劉玄)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他建立的這個王國之後，他沒有專心的治理這個王國。
他把治理國家的權利交給他的妻子的父親。
他每天跟他的妻子與他的妾在皇宮中舉行宴會，他們喝酒並且玩樂。
這個王國中的一些忠誠的大臣們每次有重要的事情要跟他報告的時候，他都處於醉酒的狀態。
他的妻子還會罵這些忠誠的大臣，你們不要來打擾我們喝酒的興致，這些小事你們自己處理就好了。
因此王國中的大臣們都很擔心整個王國的未來，所以再三的勸告他。
有一次，他聽到這些大臣們的勸告時，他很生氣地拿出劍來要砍殺這些大臣，從此之後，這些大臣們都不敢再提出他們的意見。
因為他的無能，所以有很多掌握了中央政府的權利的大官也跟著他一起隨便處理王國中的公共事務。
這些大臣甚至公開販售官職。
只有你有錢，只要你跟這些大官的關係好，不管你是一個廚師或這是一個不識字的人或是商人，你都可以受聘進入中央政府工作。
這些人成為中央政府的官員之後，穿著非常華麗與奢侈的衣服到在首都內到處欺負一些普通的百姓，因此所有的百姓都非常的生氣，百姓們還編了一首歌謠來嘲笑與諷刺這些人。
這句成語的直接翻譯的意思是一顆已經腐爛的羊頭。
這句成語被用來形容一個人的官位是用不法手段得到的。
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。
你的國家中的政治風氣是否廉潔呢?你認同那一個國家的政治制度呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為後漢書-列傳卷1-劉玄列傳
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