Deng You(鄧攸) (AD?-326
AD)
His surname is (Deng), his parents gave him
the name (You) and when he grew up his friends called him (Bodao). He was born
in Shanxi Province, China.
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鄧 |
The name of a kingdom in ancient China.
It is also one of the Chinese family names. |
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攸 |
It means leisurely. It means the flow of
water is gentle. It is also a Chinese surname. |
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伯 |
It means the eldest among several
brothers. It is also one of the Chinese surnames. |
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道 |
It means road. It means method. It is
also one of the Chinese surnames. |
He was a famous official in the Eastern Jin
Dynasty of China. There is a story about him in the history books.
When he was seven years old, his father,
mother and grandmother all died, leaving him an orphan.
He grew up relying on the support of his
relatives.
When he grew up, he became an official of
the Western Jin Kingdom. After the fall of the Western Jin Kingdom, he fled to
the Eastern Jin Kingdom.
Because he was very talented and upright,
the king of the Eastern Jin Kingdom also appointed him as an official of the
central government.
He was assigned to serve as the county
magistrate of a county in present-day Jiangsu Province, China.
He is a very simple person, his clothes are
made of very ordinary materials, and the food he eats is basically vegetables.
When he hears that someone is in trouble or
in need, he will use his salary to help them. He will not despise a person
because of his low status.
The people of the county where he served
liked and respected him.
A few years after his arrival, a famine
broke out in the county.
He wrote a letter asking the king to take
the rice from the government granary to help the people who were starving
because of the shortage of rice.
He waited for several weeks but received no
reply from the king, so he decided on his own. He took the rice from the
government granary to help the people who were starving.
A few years later, he was informed that he
was being transferred from this position. The people in the district were very
sad to hear this.
These people knew that almost all of his
salary as District Magistrate had been used to relieve the poor in recent
years, so these people voluntarily put together a large sum of money to give to
him.
He said to these people
Thank you very much, but I won't accept the
money.
On the day he was about to leave this
district, almost all the people in the district came to the boat he was about
to take.
These people held on to the rope of the
boat he was going to take, and these people went to say goodbye to him one by
one.
It wasn't until late that night, after the
people who had gathered around his boat had gone home, that he quietly left the
county.
After he left this county, the people of
this county have always missed him.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you leave your job now, will anyone be
sad? Which politician in your country do you respect the most?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
鄧攸(Deng You )(西元?-西元326年)
他的姓是(鄧)，他的父母給他取的名字是(攸)，長大後朋友稱呼他的名字是(伯道)，他出生地位於在中國的山西省。
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鄧 |
中國古代一個王國的國名。也是中國的人姓氏之一。 |
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攸 |
意思是悠然的意思。意思是水流平緩的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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伯 |
意思是幾個兄弟中，年紀最大的那一位。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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道 |
意思是道路的意思。意思是方法的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
他是中國的東晉王朝的一個著名的官員。歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他七歲的時候，他的父親與母親和他的祖母相繼離世，他成了一個孤兒。
他靠著親戚的接濟長大成人。
他長大後成了西晉王國的官員，西晉王國滅亡之後，他逃到了東晉王國。
因為他很有才能又很正直，所以東晉王國的國王也聘任他為中央政府的官員。
他被派任到現在中國的江蘇省的一個縣擔任縣長。
他是一個非常簡約的人，他的衣服的質料很普通，他吃的食物基本上以蔬菜為主。
他聽到有人遭遇困難或者急難時，他就會拿出自己的薪水去救濟這些人，他不會因為一個人的身分很低就輕視這個人。
他所擔任的這個縣的縣民都很喜歡他且很尊敬他。
他到任幾年後，這個縣中發生了飢荒。
他寫了一封信請求國王把政府的糧倉中的稻米拿出來賑濟那些因為稻米短缺而飢餓的百姓們。
他等了幾個禮拜卻遲遲沒有等到國王的回覆，他就自己做主，他把政府的糧倉中的稻米拿出來救濟那些已經快要餓死的百姓。
又過了幾年後，他被通知要調離這個職位，這個縣的百姓們聽到這件事情都非常的難過。
這些百姓們知道他這幾年擔任縣長的薪水幾乎全部都拿出來救濟貧苦，所以這些百姓們自主的湊了一大筆錢給他。
他對這些百姓說。
我很謝謝你們，但是這些錢我不收。
他要離開這個縣的那一天，這個縣裡的所有百姓幾乎都到了他要搭乘的船邊。
這些百姓們抓著他要搭乘的船的纜繩，這些百姓們依序與他道別。
直到那一天的深夜，那些聚集在他的船邊的百姓都已經回家後，他才悄悄地離開這個縣。
他離開了這個縣之後，這個縣的百姓們都一直很懷念他。
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。
你如果現在離職，有人會因此感到悲傷嗎?你的國家中，你最尊敬那一個政治人物呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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