You only see this side of things, you don't
see the other side of things. (知其一不知其二)
There was a famous general in the Jin
Kingdom of China, his name was (Yang Hu).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He is a very humble man with a good moral
character, so all the ministers in the central government respect him.
He handles things very fairly, and he's
very good at thinking.
Whenever the King of the Jin Kingdom faced
a difficult problem, the King would ask him for advice, and he would come up
with good solutions to the problems the King raised.
He is an upright and honest man.
One day he was talking to his son and
son-in-law.
His son-in-law said to him
Your life is very simple and you have
almost no fixed assets.
You are very old and about to retire.
You should plan for your old age.
After a few minutes of silence, he turned
to his son and son-in-law.
You only see this side of things, you don't
see the other side of things.
My goal in life is to be a good minister
and I hope to improve our kingdom through my abilities.
I don't think it bothers me that I don't
have any fixed assets. I think having too many assets would prevent me from
being a good minister.
This idiom means that you only see this
side of the matter, but you do not see the other side of the matter.
It is used to describe a person who does
not understand things thoroughly enough.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How much money do you think you need to
save before you can retire with peace of mind? What is your most important goal
in life?
I hope this story has given you some new
insights.
知其一不知其二(You only see this side of things,
you don't see the other side of things.)
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。
他是一個很謙虛的人，他有很好的品德，因此中央政府內的所有大臣都很尊敬他。
他處理事情非常的公正，而且他很擅長思考。
當晉王國的國王遇到一些很難處理的事情時、國王就會請教他的意見，而他也會針對國王提出的這些問題想出很好的解決方案。
他是一個正直又誠實的人。
有一天，他跟他的兒子與他的女婿在聊天。
他的女婿對他說。
你的生活非常的簡樸，你幾乎沒有任何固定資產。
你的年紀已經很大了，你已經快要退休了。
你應該為自己年老之後的生活做打算。
他沉默了幾分鐘後，他對她的兒子與女婿說。
你只看到這件事情的這一面，你沒有看到這件事情的另外一面。
我的人生目標是做一個好的大臣，我希望透過我的能力讓我們王國變得更好。
我認為沒有固定資產這件事情並不會令我感到困擾，我認為太多的資產反而會妨礙我成為一個好的大臣。
這句成語的意思是你只有看到這件事情的這一面，你沒有看到這件事情的另外一面。
這句成語被用來形容一個人的對一件事情的了解不夠透徹。
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。
你認為你要到存多少錢你才能夠安心的退休呢?你的人生的最重要的目標為何呢?
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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