He Corrupted Social mores(敗俗傷化)
In the Jin Kingdom of China, there was a
famous general whose name was (Yang Hu).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He is a very righteous person. He does not
like those who are treacherous and evil.
He has a good eye for people, and he can
tell a person's character by their words and actions.
When he was old, he once had a conversation
at a party with a young official in the political circles of the Jin Kingdom.
This official later became a very important minister in the Jin Dynasty. The
official's name was (Wang Yan).
Wang Yan is very handsome, very
intelligent, and very eloquent.
During the conversation, he expressed his
disagreement with Wang Yan's opinions on some issues, and Wang Yan got up and
left angrily.
After Wang Yan left, he said to some
friends who were attending the party at the time.
I think the king should not allow Wang Yan
to hold a very important position in the central government.
Based on my observations, I think Wang
Yan's character is not good.
Because Wang Yan was young and clever, the
king valued him highly and let him hold such an important position in the
central government.
As far as I know, Wang Yan is very famous
now, and many young people admire him and imitate his words and actions.
I think he would corrupt social mores.
History books prove that his judgement was
correct.
Wang Yan became the Prime Minister of the
Jin Dynasty a few years later, but Wang Yan did not focus on how to help the
King govern the Jin Dynasty.
When Wang Yan makes decisions, his first
priority is how to protect the interests of himself and his family.
Wang Yan was good at talking, but poor at
actually getting the job done. Wang Yan arranged for his relatives to hold some
important positions in the central government. Wang Yan's behaviour corrupted
the atmosphere in the central government of the Jin Dynasty.
This idiom means that he will corrupt social
mores.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you know someone who is very good at
talking, but poor at actually working? Would you value a person's morality or
intelligence more?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
敗俗傷化(He Corrupted Social mores)
中國的晉王國有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做(羊祜)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他是一個很正直的人。他不喜歡那些奸詐與邪惡的人。
他有很好的看人的眼光，他可以藉由一個人的言語與行為去分辨這個人的品德。
在他年老的時候，有一次，他在一場聚會中與一個當時晉王國的政壇一個年輕的官員對話，這個官員後來成為晉王朝很重要的大臣，這個官員的名字叫做(王衍)。
王衍長得很好看，而且非常的聰明口才又非常的好。
在對話的過程中，針對一些議題他表示他不認同王衍的意見，王衍就很生氣地直接站起來離開。
王衍離開之後，他對當時參加這場聚會的一些朋友們說。
我認為國王不應該讓王衍擔任中央政府內一個很重要的職務。
根據我的觀察，我認為王衍的人品不好。
國王因為王衍很年輕又很聰明所以非常的重視他並讓他擔任中央政府內那麼重要的職務。
據我所知，王衍目前的名氣很大，有很多年輕人很崇拜他並且仿效他的言語與行為。
我認為他會讓社會風俗變得敗壞。
歷史書上證明了他的這個判斷是對的，
王衍幾年後成為晉王朝的宰相，但是王衍沒有把心力放在如何協助國王把晉王朝治理好。
王衍在做決策時，最優先考慮到的都是如何維護自己與自己的家族的利益。
王衍很會說話但是實際動手完成工作的能力很差，王衍安排自己的親人擔任中央政府內一些重要的職務，王衍的行為敗壞了晉王朝的中央政府內的風氣。
這句成語的意思是他會讓社會風俗變的敗壞。
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。
你是否認識這種很會說話但是實際工作能力很差的人呢?你會比較看重一個人的品德還是一個人的聰明呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為晉書-卷34-列傳4-羊祜傳
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E6%99%89%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7034
出處為-晉書-卷43-列傳13-王衍傳