He will always remember the strengths or
merits of others, and he will quickly forget the shortcoming or faults of
others. (記功忘過)
During the Three Kingdoms period 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.
He once made many suggestions to the king
of the Soochow Kingdom on how to run the kingdom. With his help, the King of
Soochow Kingdom successfully led the Soochow Kingdom through many great
challenges.
He once said to the king.
The laws our kingdom has enacted at present
are very good, but these laws are more suitable for use in a peaceful era.
China is now divided into three kingdoms.
If we want to defeat the other two kingdoms and realise the ideal of unifying
all of China, we should immediately change the current laws to suit our current
needs.
Our current laws are too strict, so it is
easy for government officials and ordinary people to be punished for breaking
the law.
Our current laws say that as long as a
person has violated the law, whether the violation is serious or minor, that
person cannot serve in the central government.
This legal provision has resulted in many
talented people in our kingdom who made some minor mistakes in their youth
being unable to serve in the central government.
The inability of these talented individuals
to serve in the central government is a great loss to our kingdom.
The founding king of the Han Dynasty
founded the Han Kingdom, and one of his merits is recorded in the history
books.
He will always remember the strengths or
merits of others, and he will quickly forget the shortcomings or faults of
others.
I think we should learn from this virtue of
the founding kings of the Han Dynasty.
I believe that as long as a person has
talent, and that person's talent can help our kingdom become stronger, even if
that person has made some mistakes, we must still use a generous heart to
forgive them for their mistakes.
Only when we treat those who have made
mistakes with a generous heart can we possibly allow more talented people to
join our central government.
If the central government of our country
can accept more talented people of all kinds, I believe our kingdom will become
stronger very quickly.
This idiom means that he will always
remember other people's strengths or merits, and he will quickly forget other
people's shortcomings or faults.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you think there are any laws in your
country that need to be revised? Do you usually pay attention to the strengths
or weaknesses of others?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
記功忘過(He will always remember the strengths
or merits of others, and he will quickly forget the shortcoming or faults of
others.)
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。
他曾經對東吳王國的國王提出許多管理王國的建議，東吳王國的國王在他的協助之下成功的帶領東吳王國度過許多重大的挑戰。
他曾經對國王說。
我們王國目前所制定的法律非常好，但是這套法律比較適合用在一個和平的年代。
中國目前分裂成三個王國，如果我們想要打敗另外兩個王國以實現統一整個中國的理想，我們就應該要針對我們目前的需要立刻修改現在的法律。
我們現在的法律規定太過嚴苛，因此很容易讓政府官員與百姓因為觸犯法律而受罰。
我們目前的法律規定，只要一個人犯過法，不管這個人所觸犯的法律嚴重或是輕微，這個人就不能夠進入中央政府內服務。
這條法律規定造成我們王國中有很多很有才能但年輕時犯過一些小錯誤的人無法進入中央政府內任職。
這些有才能的人無法進入中央政府任職對我們王國而言是一個巨大的損失。
漢王朝的開國國王建立了漢王國，歷史書上紀載了一個他的優點。
他會一直記住別人的長處或著功勞，他會很快忘掉別人的短處或者過錯。
我認為我們應該學習漢朝的開國國王的這項優點。
我認為只要一個人有才能，而且這個人的才能可以幫助我們王國變得更強大，那麼即使這個人犯過一些錯，但我們還是要用寬厚的心原諒他曾經犯過的錯。
我們只有用寬厚的心對待那些曾經犯錯的人，我們才有可能讓更多有才能的人加入我們中央政府。
如果我們國家的中央政府可以吸納更多各式各樣的有才能的人，那麼我相信我們的王國就會很快地會變得強大。
這句成語的意思是他會一直記住別人的長處或功勞，他會很快忘掉別人的短處或過錯。
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。
你認為你們國家的法律有那些需要修改嗎?你會習慣性的關注別人的優點或是缺點呢?
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
