Gongshu Zuo(公叔座) (BC?-361
BC)
His surname is (Gongshu) and the name his
parents gave him is (Zuo).
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公 |
It means fair. It means justice. It means
male. It is also one of the Chinese family names. |
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叔 |
The third among several brothers. |
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座 |
It means seat. It is also a Chinese
surname. |
He was a prime minister of the Wei Kingdom
during the Warring States Period in China. There is a story about him recorded
in the history books.
In 362 BC, the Kingdom of Han and the
Kingdom of Zhao formed a joint army to attack the Kingdom of Wei.
He led the army of the Wei Kingdom into
battle.
At the end of the battle, under his leadership,
the army of the Wei Kingdom won a great victory.
The king was very happy when he heard the
news. He told all the ministers in public.
(Gongshu Zuo) has led our army to victory,
and I will give him a huge reward.
I will give him 1 million acres of land.
(Gongshu Zuo) replied after hearing the
king's words.
I don't deserve such a huge reward.
The army of our kingdom is very well
trained on weekdays. These soldiers have good fighting skills and are good at
fighting. These soldiers have a strong fighting spirit and are not afraid of
death. These soldiers are so strong because of the generals who led them
before. The name of this general is (Wu Qi).
When we fight on the battlefield, we
analyse the enemy's and our combat capabilities, study the battlefield terrain,
and formulate combat strategies, and the two most important contributors to
sending soldiers to the battlefield are two very important military staff
officers like me. The names of these two military staff officers are (Baning)
and (Cuan Xiang).
The victory in this battle must be
attributed to one person. That person is you.
Because you are a fair and just king, you
will set up a clear reward and punishment mechanism so that all the soldiers
will fight bravely against the enemy to receive the huge rewards you have
promised.
After saying these words, Gongsun Zuo
paused and continued to speak to the king.
Compared to you, my contribution is too
small.
The people you should reward are (Wu Qi),
(Baning), (Cuan Xiang) and all the soldiers. You should not give me such a huge
reward.
After listening to his words, the king was
deeply moved, took his hand and said to all the ministers at the same time.
Because of Gong Shuzuo's reminder, I will
give Baning, Cuan Xiang, and the soldiers a huge reward.
Wu Qi is no longer in this world. I want to
give these rewards to his son.
Because of (Gong Shuzuo's) humility, I will
give him a greater reward than I had originally planned.
I will give him 1.4 million acres of land.
After the king said these words, all the
ministers praised the king loudly.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you were the king, what would you say to
him? How would you judge Gongsunzu's behaviour?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
公叔座(Gongshu Zuo) (西元前?-西元前361年)
他的姓是(公叔)，他的父母給他取的名字是(祚)。
|
公 |
意思是公平的意思。意思是公正的意思。意思是男性的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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叔 |
幾個兄弟中排行第三的那個人。 |
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座 |
意思是座位的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
他的姓是(公叔)，他的父母給他取的名字是(座)。
意思是公平的意思。意思是公正的意思。意思是男性的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。
幾個兄弟中排行第三的那個人。
意思是座位的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。
他是中國的戰國時代的魏王國的一個宰相。歷史書上記載了一個關於他的故事。
西元前362年，韓王國與趙王國組成聯合軍隊來攻打魏王國。
他帶領魏王國的軍隊迎戰。
這一場戰役結束，在他的領導之下，魏王國的軍隊贏得巨大的勝利。
國王聽到這個消息後非常的開心，國王公開對所有的大臣說。
(公叔座)帶領我們的軍隊贏得這場勝利，我要給他巨大的獎賞。
我要賜給他100萬畝的土地。
(公叔座)聽到國王的話後回答。
我不應該獲得如此巨大的獎賞。
我們王國的軍隊平日訓練得非常得好，這些士兵們的戰技很好很會打仗，這些士兵們具備強烈的鬥志與不怕死的精神，這些士兵們如此強悍要歸功於以前帶領他們的大將軍。這個大將軍的名字叫做(吳起)。
我們在戰場上對戰的時候，針對敵人與我們的戰力進行分析，針對戰場上的地形進行研究並且擬定作戰策略，安排戰場上的士兵的調度的最大功臣是我兩個很重要的軍事參謀。這兩個軍事參謀的名字是(巴寧)與(爨襄)。
這場戰役的勝利還必須要歸功給一個人。這個人就是你。
因為你是一個公平又正義的國王，你制定明確的獎賞與處罰機制，因此所有的士兵們為了獲得你所承諾的巨大的獎賞，每個士兵都勇敢地與敵人爭戰。
說完這些話後，公叔座停頓了一下接著繼續對國王說。
與你們相比，我的功勞太小了。
你應該獎賞的人是(吳起)與(巴寧)與(爨襄)和所有的士兵，你不應該給我如此巨大的獎賞。
國王聽完他的話後，國王很感動的牽著他的手同時對所有大臣說。
因為(公叔座)的提醒，所以我會給巴寧與爨襄和士兵們巨大的獎勵。
吳起已經不在這個世界上了，我要把這些獎勵給他的兒子。
因為(公叔座)的謙遜，所以我會給他比原本我想給他的獎勵更巨大的獎賞。
我要給他140萬畝的土地。
國王說完這些話後所有的大臣都大聲的讚美國王。
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。
你如果是國王你會怎樣回應他呢?你如何評價公孫座的行為呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為戰國策-卷22-魏策1