He starts wars arbitrarily and wastes his
troops.(窮兵黷武)
During the Three Kingdoms era in China,
there was a famous general in the Soochow Kingdom, his name was (Lu Kang).
There is a story about him recorded in the
history books.
His father was a famous minister in the
Soochow Kingdom, and his father's name was (Lu Xun).
Like his father, he was very loyal to the
Soochow Kingdom.
He led the army that guarded the borders of
the Soochow Kingdom for many years.
He was a very wise military general. He
once wrote to the king of Soochow Kingdom to give his suggestions.
Before we go to war, we must have a clear
understanding of why we are going to war and what we want to achieve from the
war.
Now I find that in order to protect their
own interests and status, many generals in our kingdom have given you some
false information to make you agree with them to start wars at will. The
selfishness of these generals has led to a serious waste of troops in our
kingdom.
Many of our kingdom's vital resources are
being spent on these pointless wars, and our kingdom's economy has declined due
to years of waging war.
Our soldiers and people have become poor
and tired because of the war.
We should change this situation at once.
We should find ways to enrich the economic
lives of our people. We should reward people for farming and give incentives to
people with high productivity.
The prosperity of the people is the basis
for a kingdom to become strong.
We should establish a complete talent
selection mechanism so that more talented people can enter the central
government as officials.
We should establish a comprehensive evaluation
mechanism so that all government officials can receive appropriate rewards and
punishments.
We should correct the atmosphere within the
government and use clear systems to prevent all government officials from using
their power to commit corruption.
Only in this way can our kingdom become
stronger and stronger, and only then can we realise our ideal of uniting all of
China.
This idiom is used to describe a person or
a kingdom that goes to war indiscriminately and wastes its troops.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you think how many of the wars in the
world today could have been avoided? Have you ever thought about who benefits
most from these wars in the world?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
窮兵黷武(He starts wars arbitrarily and wastes
his troops.)
中國的三國時代，東吳王國有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做(陸抗)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他的父親是東吳王國著名的大臣，他的父親名字叫做(陸遜)。
他與他的父親一樣，他們都對東吳王國非常的忠誠。
他長年帶領軍隊守衛東吳王國的邊境。
他是一個非常有智慧的軍事將領，他曾經寫信給東吳王國的國王提出他的建議。
我們在戰爭之前一定要清楚明白我們為何要發動這場戰爭以及我們想要得到的戰爭的結果。
現在我發現我們王國內的很多將軍們為了維持自己的利益與地位，提供你一些錯誤的資訊，讓你同意他們隨意地發動戰爭，這些將軍的私心讓我們王國中的兵力被嚴重浪費。
我們王國中的許多重要的資源被用在這些沒有意義的戰爭上，我們王國中的經濟情況因為長年的發動戰爭而變得衰敗。
我們的士兵與人民因為戰爭變的貧困且勞苦。
我們應該要立刻改變現在的這種情況。
我們應該要想辦法讓我們的人民的經濟生活變得豐富，我們應該獎勵百姓耕作並且針對生產力高的百姓提供獎勵。
人民富足是一個王國變得強大的基礎。
我們應該建立一套完善的選拔人才的機制，讓更多有才能的人進入中央政府擔任官員。
我們應該要建立一套周全的考核機制，讓所有的政府官員都可以得到合理的獎勵與懲罰。
我們應該要端正政府內的風氣，用明確的制度使所有的政府官員都無法利用自己的職權貪汙。
我們只有這樣做才能使我們王國會愈來愈強大，我們也才有可以完成我們統一整個中國的理想。
這句成語的被用來形容一個人或一個王國隨意地發動戰爭並且浪費兵力。
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。
你認為現在世界上的戰爭有多少是原本可以避免發生的嗎?你是否思考過從現在世界上的這幾場戰爭中得到最大利益的人是誰呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為三國志-吳書13-陸遜傳