His good reputation spread to later generations and is praised by future generations(流芳百世) / His bad reputation spread to later generations and was spurned by future generations (遺臭萬年)
His good reputation spread to later
generations and is praised by future generations(流芳百世)
His bad reputation spread to later
generations and was spurned by future generations (遺臭萬年)
There was a famous general in the Eastern
Jin Dynasty of China, his name was (Huan Wen).
There is a story about him recorded in
history books.
China's Jin Dynasty is divided into the
Western Jin Dynasty (266 AD - 316 AD) and the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 AD - 420
AD). The capital of the Western Jin Dynasty was Luoyang, and the capital of the
Eastern Jin Dynasty was Jiankang.
In 316 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty was
defeated by the army of the (former Zhao) Kingdom, and the king of the Western
Jin Dynasty was killed. The Western Jin Dynasty fell. In 317 AD, a royal member
of the Western Jin Dynasty announced the establishment of the Eastern Jin
Kingdom in Jiankang City, Jiangsu Province, China.
In 347 AD, (Huan Wen) led the army of the
Eastern Jin Kingdom to defeat the Cheng Han Kingdom.
In 354 AD, the army of the Eastern Jin
Kingdom led by Huan Wen won a great victory in the battle against the former
Qin Kingdom.
In 356 AD, (Huan Wen) led the army of the
Eastern Jin Kingdom to defeat the army of the Qiang tribe. He also recaptured
Luoyang City, the capital of the Western Jin Kingdom, in the same year.
Due to his very high military achievements,
he had more military power than all the generals in the Eastern Jin Dynasty,
and his personal reputation reached its highest peak.
At that time, he suddenly had an idea.
He believed that his talent was far
superior to that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty King, so he wanted to kill the
Eastern Jin Dynasty King and then establish a new kingdom of his own.
But he was worried that his behaviour would
give him a bad reputation, because killing the king was a very disloyal act.
Throughout Chinese history, those who killed the king and established their own
kingdoms were usually despised by the people.
One day he was in his barracks. It was a
boring afternoon and there was nothing important for him to do.
Suddenly he said to some of his regulars.
I have absolutely nothing to do today, I am
so bored.
I feel that my life should be more
successful than it is now, but I don't know how to achieve my dream.
The founding king of the Jin Dynasty relied
on his military power to force the king of the Cao Wei Kingdom to voluntarily
give up his position as king and hand it over to him.
I greatly admire the behaviour of the
founding king of the Jin Dynasty.
After saying these words, he said it
firmly, as if he had made up his mind.
A bad reputation is better than no reputation,
and a good reputation is better than a bad reputation.
If I cannot have a good reputation in this
life and be remembered by future generations, then I think I would rather have
a bad reputation that can be passed on to future generations and be cast aside
by future generations.
The first idiom is used to describe a
person's good reputation that will be passed on to future generations and
praised by future generations.
The second idiom is used to describe a
person's bad reputation, which is passed on to future generations and despised
by future generations).
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you want to be a famous person? What do
you want to leave the world after you die?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
流芳百世(His good reputation spread to later
generations and is praised by future generations)
遺臭萬年(His bad reputation spread to later
generations and was spurned by future generations)
中國的東晉王朝有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做(桓溫)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
中國的晉王朝分為西晉王朝((西元266年-西元316年)與東晉王朝(西元317年-西元420年)。西晉王國的首都位於洛陽城，東晉王國的首都位於建康城。
西元316年，西晉王朝被(前趙)王國的軍隊打敗，西晉王朝的國王被殺。西晉王國滅亡。西元317年，西晉王朝的一個皇室成員在中國江蘇省的建康市宣布成立東晉王國。
西元347年，(桓溫)領導東晉王國的軍隊打敗成漢王國。
西元354年，(桓溫)領導東晉王國的軍隊在與前秦王國的對戰中贏得了巨大的勝利。
西元356年，(桓溫)領導東晉王國的軍隊在打敗羌部落的軍隊，他還在這一年收復了西晉王國的首都洛陽城。
因為他的軍事成就非常高，所以他掌握了軍事權力超過東晉王朝的所有將軍，他的個人聲望也達到最高峰。
在這個時候，他的內心突然萌生了一個想法。
他認為自己的才能遠遠超過東晉王朝的國王，所以他想要殺掉東晉王國的國王，然後建立一個新的屬於自己的王國。
但是他又擔心他的行為會為他帶來不好的名聲，因為殺死國王是一件很不忠誠的行為，中國歷史上的那些殺了國王並且成立自己的王國的人通常會被人民所唾棄。
有一天，他在自己的軍營中，那是一個無聊而且沒有甚麼重要的事情需要他處理的下午。
他突然對他的幾個核心幕僚說。
我今天完全沒有事情可以做，我覺得好無聊啊。
我覺得我的人生應該比現在更有成就，但是我不知道要怎樣才能達成我的夢想啊。
晉王朝的開國國王憑藉著自己的軍事力量，強迫曹魏王國的國王主動放棄國王的職位並且把國王的職位交給他。
我很佩服晉王朝的開國國王的行為啊。
他說完這些話後，他好像下定了決心般的很堅定的說。
壞名聲比沒有名聲好，好名聲比壞名聲好。
如果我這一生沒有辦法有好名聲並且流傳到後世被後代的人所紀念，那麼我認為我寧願有我有壞名聲並且流傳到後世並且被後代的人所唾棄。
第一句成語被用來形容一個人的好名聲流傳到後世並且為後代的人所稱頌
第二句成語被用來形容一個人的壞名聲流傳到後世並且為後代的人所唾棄)
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。
你希望成為一個有名的人嗎?你希望自己死後留下甚麼給這個世界呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為晉書-卷98-桓溫傳
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