He is willing to endure these humiliations
in order to accomplish this important task.(忍辱負重)
During the Three Kingdoms era in China,
there was a famous minister in the Soochow Kingdom, his name was (Lu Xun).
There is a story about him recorded in the
history books.
At the age of 21, he joined the central
government of the Soochow Kingdom as a staff member. A few years later he was
appointed as a local official in the Soochow Kingdom. As his administrative
performance was very good, the king of the Soochow Kingdom appreciated him very
much.
Lu Xun's wife was the daughter of the King
of Soochow's brother. The King of Soochow Kingdom would consult Lu Xun when
making some important decisions.
In 222 AD, the Shu Han Kingdom sent troops
to attack the Soochow Kingdom. The king of the Soochow Kingdom ordered him to
lead the army of the Soochow Kingdom against the army of the Shu Han Kingdom.
After Lu Xun received this personal order,
he immediately led the army to the front line to fight the enemy.
There were many senior generals in the
Soochow Kingdom army. These generals were older than him and had more war
experience than him.
Because Lu Xun did not have good martial
arts skills like these generals, and because Lu Xun was relatively thin, these
generals did not obey Lu Xun's orders. These generals publicly humiliated Lu
Xun in many military meetings and questioned Lu Xun's decisions.
When Lu Xun encountered these situations,
he could report them to the king, and the king would order the generals to obey
him, but Lu Xun did not.
Lu Xun understood that in order to defeat
the powerful enemy of the Shu Han Kingdom, all those involved in the war needed
to be very united to have a chance of victory.
Lu Xun knew that he had a very heavy
responsibility, so he endured the insults of these generals.
He chose to communicate with these generals
in a very gentle way.
He explained in detail his strategic plan
and why he made the decisions he did. He used patience to persuade these
generals. He succeeded in getting everyone's consent.
After half a year of fighting, the Soochow
Kingdom successfully defeated the Shuhan Kingdom under his leadership.
After the war was won, the generals who
originally looked down on him changed their original opinions about him, and
these generals all respected him.
This idiom is used to describe a person who is willing to endure insults because he knows he has a very important responsibility.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you have ambitious goals? What
sacrifices are you willing to make to achieve your goals?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
忍辱負重(He is willing to endure these
humiliations in order to accomplish this important task.)
中國的三國時代，東吳王國有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做(陸遜)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他21歲就進入東吳王國的中央政府擔任幕僚，幾年後他又被派任到東吳王國的境內擔任地方的官員。因為他的管理績效非常的好，所以東吳王國的國王很重視他
陸遜的妻子是跟東吳國王的哥哥的女兒。東吳王國的國王做一些重要的決策的時候都會諮詢陸遜的意見。
西元222年，蜀漢王國出兵攻打東吳王國，東吳王國的國王命令他帶領東吳王國的軍隊與蜀漢王國的軍隊對戰。
陸遜接到這項人事命令後，他立刻帶領軍隊到前線與敵人作戰。
東吳王國的軍隊中有很多資深的將軍，這些將軍的年紀比他大，而且戰爭的經驗也比他豐富。
因為陸遜不像這些將軍一樣有著很好的武藝，而且陸遜的身材比較瘦弱，所以這些將軍們不服從陸遜的命令，這些將軍們在很多場軍事會議上公開羞辱陸遜並且質疑陸遜的決策。
陸遜遭遇這些情況後他可以報告國王，並且由國王下令強迫這些將軍服從他，但是陸遜沒有這樣做。
陸遜明白要打敗蜀漢王國這個強大的敵人需要所有參加這場戰爭的人都非常的團結一致才有機會勝利。
陸遜知道自己肩負的非常重大的責任所以他忍受這些將軍們的侮辱。
他選擇用很柔軟的方式與這些將軍溝通。
他詳細的說明自己的戰略規劃與為何要做出這些決策，他用耐心去說服這些將軍們，他成功的凝聚了所有人的共識。
經過半年的對戰，最後在他的帶領下，東吳王國成功打敗了蜀漢王國。
戰爭勝利後，那些原本瞧不起他的將軍們都改變了原先對他的看法，這些將軍們都變得很尊敬他。
這句成語被用來形容一個人願意忍受侮辱因為這個人知道自已肩負著非常重大的責任。
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。
你有遠大的目標嗎?你願意為了你的目標做出怎樣的犧牲呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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