The terrain of this place is dangerous, and
it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.(一夫荷戟千人莫當)
There was a famous general in China's Jin
Kingdom, his name was (Yang Hu).
There is a story about him recorded in the
history books.
There was a general in the Kingdom of
Soochow who had been responsible for border defense for a long time. This
general's name was Lu Kang.
In 269 AD, the king of the Jin Kingdom
assigned Yang Hu to garrison at the border between the Jin Kingdom and the
Soochow Kingdom. After observing the situation on the border, Yang Hu found
that under the leadership of Lu Kang, the border defense of the Soochow Kingdom
was very strong.
Therefore, Yang Hu adopted a strategy of
maintaining peace with the Soochow Kingdom.
In 274 AD, Lu Kang died of illness.
In 276 AD, he told the king of the Jin
Kingdom at a military meeting.
Thirteen years ago, the Jin Kingdom defeated
the Shuhan Kingdom.
The Shuhan Kingdom is surrounded by many
high mountains, and the road to the Shuhan Kingdom is very dangerous and
narrow.
The Shuhan Kingdom's troops stationed on
the border occupied a very advantageous strategic position.
On those narrow roads leading to the Shuhan
Kingdom, there are places where only one person can pass at a time. In these
places, the Shuhan Kingdom can resist more than 1,000 of our soldiers by
placing a very brave and strong soldier guarding it with weapons.
But we still won in the end.
When our army attacked the Shuhan Kingdom,
we did not encounter strong resistance. Our army quickly advanced the front
line, and we captured the capital of the Shuhan Kingdom in a short period of
time.
I think we won so quickly at that time
because the king of the Shuhan Kingdom was very stupid at that time, the people
of the Shuhan Kingdom were living in pain, the Shuhan Kingdom's army was very
lacking in war preparation materials, and the Shuhan Kingdom's army was loosely
managed. .
Compared with the Shuhan Kingdom, we have
obvious advantages over the Shuhan Kingdom in all aspects.
Based on my observations on the front line,
I think the current situation in the Soochow Kingdom is just like the situation
before the Shuhan Kingdom was destroyed by us.
The current king of the Soochow Kingdom is
very tyrannical, and under his rule the people of the Soochow Kingdom are
living in poverty. Most of the people who hold power in the central government
of the Soochow Kingdom are ministers who can only flatter themselves. The loyal
and brave ministers of the Soochow Kingdom are either dead or dismissed by the
king.
So I think the time has come for us to
unify all of China.
The direct translation of this idiom means
that the terrain of this place is so dangerous that as long as one soldier
guarding this place with a weapon can withstand more than 1,000 soldiers.
This idiom is used to describe a place with
difficult terrain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What phenomena do you think will happen before
a country is about to perish? Have you ever been to places with dangerous
terrain?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
一夫荷戟千人莫當(The terrain of this place is
dangerous, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.)
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。
東吳王國有一位長期負責邊防任務的將軍，這個將軍的名字叫做陸抗。
西元269年，晉王國的國王指派羊祜到晉王國與東吳王國的邊界駐守，羊祜觀察邊境的情勢後發現，在陸抗的領導之下，東吳王國的邊防非常的堅固。
因此羊祜採取了與東吳王國保持和睦的策略。
西元274年，陸抗病死。
西元276年，在一場軍事會報上，他對晉王國的國王說。
13年前，晉王國打敗了蜀漢王國。
蜀漢王國的四周圍被許多高山包圍，要前往蜀漢王國的道路非常的危險與狹小。
蜀漢王國駐守在邊界的軍隊佔據了非常優勢的戰略位置。
在那些狹小的通往蜀漢王國的道路上，有些地方幾乎只能一次通過一個人，在這些地方蜀漢王國只要安排一個非常勇敢而且強壯的士兵拿著兵器看守就可以抵擋住我們超過1000個士兵。
但是我們仍然贏得了最後的勝利。
我們的軍隊進攻蜀漢王國時，沒有遭遇到頑強的抵抗，我們的軍隊很快速地推進戰線，我們在很短的時間內就攻下了蜀漢王國的首都。
我認為我們那個時候會如此快速的贏得勝利，是因為當時蜀漢王國的國王非常的昏庸，蜀漢王國的人民生活在痛苦之中，蜀漢王國的軍隊的戰備物資非常的缺乏，蜀漢王國的軍隊管理鬆散。
與蜀漢王國相比，我們在各方面都有著明顯優於蜀漢王國的優勢。
根據我在前線的觀察，我認為現在的東吳王國內的情況就如同蜀漢王國被我們滅亡前一樣。
現在的東吳王國的國王非常的暴虐，在他的統治之下東吳王國的人民生活在困苦之中。現在的東吳王國的中央政府內掌握權力的大部分都是只會拍馬屁的大臣，東吳王國忠誠且勇敢的大臣們不是死了就是被國王免職了。
因此我認為我們實現統一整個中國的時機已經到了。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是這個地方的地勢險要，這個地方只要一個士兵拿著兵器看守就可以抵擋住超過1000個士兵。
這句成語被用來形容一個地方的地勢險要，這個地方易守難攻。
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。
你認為一個國家要滅亡前會有那些現象呢?你是否有到過那些地勢很險要的地方呢?
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
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