You need to bend the chimney and remove the
wood(曲突徙薪)
In the Han Dynasty of China, there was a
famous musician and scholar called (Huan Tan).
He wrote a story.
During the Warring States Period in China,
there was a very clever man in the Qi Kingdom. His name was Chunyu Kun.
One day his friend moved to a new house,
and his friend invited him to his house.
When he arrived at his friend's house, he
chatted happily with his friend.
That evening, as he was leaving his
friend's house, he said to his friend
Your new house is beautiful, but I see two
areas that need improvement.
I am your good friend, so I will remind
you.
The first point is that the kitchen chimney
in your house is straight.
The second is that there is a lot of dry
wood next to the stove in your kitchen.
In my experience, in a straight chimney
there will be some incompletely burned ash that will fall back into the stove.
If sparks fall on the dry wood next to the stove, a fire will start in your
house.
After hearing this, his friend did not
immediately improve the kitchen chimney in his house.
A few months later, a fire broke out in his
friend's house, starting in the wood next to the kitchen.
Many of his friend's neighbours came to
help his friend put out the fire.
After the fire was put out, his friend was
very grateful to the neighbours who had come to help put out the fire, so his
friend invited them to dinner.
After Huan Tan finished writing the story,
he expressed his thoughts.
After reading this story, I found it very
interesting.
According to my observation, a wise king
will find ways to prevent crises before they happen.
A foolish king will panic and deal with the
crisis after it has happened.
A wise man will take care of his body
before he gets sick.
A foolish person will only think of ways to
carry out a treatment that has no great effect after he has become seriously
ill.
A clever person finds a way to prevent a
crisis, but that clever person often gets no praise.
A stupid person only knows how to deal with
crises that have already occurred, but this stupid person is often rewarded.
The literal translation of this idiom is to
bend the chimney and remove the wood.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
takes precautions in advance to prevent danger. .
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Is your body healthy now? Do you think you
should take steps to make yourself healthier?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
曲突徙薪(You need to bend the chimney and
remove the wood)
中國的漢王朝，有一個著名的音樂家與學者，他的名字叫做(桓譚)。
他寫過一個故事。
中國的戰國時代，齊王國有一個很聰明的人，這個人的名字叫做(淳于髡)。
有一天，他的朋友搬新家，他的朋友邀請他到自己家裡作客。
他到了朋友家後，他很開心的跟他的朋友聊天。
當天傍晚，他要離開他的朋友家的時候，他對他的朋友說。
你這個新房子很漂亮，但是我觀察有兩個地方需要改善。
我是你的好朋友，所以提醒你。
第一點就是你家中廚房的煙囪是直的。
第二點就是你家中廚房的灶旁放著很多乾燥的木材。
根據我的經驗，直的煙囪中會有一些沒有燃燒完全的灰燼會回落到灶內，萬一有火星掉到灶旁的乾燥木頭上，那麼你家就會發生火災。
他的朋友聽完他的話後沒有立刻改善他家中的廚房的煙囪。
幾個月後，他的朋友家中發生火災，起火點就是廚房旁邊的木材。
他的朋友的很多鄰居都來幫忙他的朋友救火。
火勢撲滅後，他的朋友很感謝來幫忙救火的鄰居，所以他的朋友請這些鄰居們吃飯。
桓譚寫完這個故事後，他發表他的感想。
我讀了這個故事後，我認為這個故事很有意思。
根據我的觀察，一個智慧的國王，會在危機尚未發生之前，就先想辦法預防。
一個愚笨的國王，會在危機發生之後，才很慌亂地去處理這個危機。
一個智慧的人，會在還沒有生病的時候，就預防保養自己的身體。
一個愚笨的人，會在自己生了重病之後，才想辦法進行一些已經沒有很大的成效的治療。
一個聰明的人提出了預防危機的辦法，但這個聰明的人往往得不到讚美。
一個愚笨的人只曉得處理已經發生的危機，但這個愚笨的人往往會得到很多的獎賞。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是你要把煙囪改建成彎的並且把木材移走。
這句成語被用來形容一個人事先採取預防措施以防止危險發生。。
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。
你的身體現在是否健康呢?你是否認為你應該採取那些方式讓自己更加健康呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為漢-桓譚-新論-見徵