You are too young, so you have not
experienced enough.(少不更事)
There was a famous prime minister in the
Eastern Jin Dynasty of China, his name was Zhou Yi.
There is a story about him in the history
books.
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 322 AD, a general who controlled the largest
military force of the Eastern Jin Kingdom was unhappy with some of the
decisions made by the king of the Eastern Jin Kingdom, so he led his army to
surround the capital of the Eastern Jin Kingdom. The general hoped to use the
military power at his disposal to force the king of the Eastern Jin Kingdom to
change his decisions.
After this incident, officials in the
central government of the Eastern Jin Kingdom expressed different views on the
matter.
One young official said to (Zhou Yi)
I think the king made some wrong decisions
that led the general to launch this military action.
So I don't think what the general did was
wrong.
Zhou Yi replied to the young official.
You are too young, so you have too little
experience, so you see this conflict that way.
I don't think any of us are perfect, not
even the king.
The general believed that the king had made
some wrong decisions and hoped that the king would change his decisions. But
were the king's decisions really wrong?
What if the king's decision was right, but
the general felt that the king's decision was wrong because of his own
position?
Suppose the king really did make a wrong
decision, but the king is still the leader of our kingdom, and the general
should respect the king.
How could the general immediately launch an
army to surround the capital because the king did not share his opinion?
The young official replied after listening
to Zhou Yi 's words.
Thank you for sharing your views with me.
My views are indeed not comprehensive enough.
This idiom is used to describe a young
person who has too little experience. This young person lacks life experience.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever been angry because someone
else thought differently from you? Have you ever thought that your own opinion
might be wrong?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
少不更事(You are too young, so you have not
experienced enough.)
中國的東晉王朝有一個著名的宰相，他的名字叫做(周顗)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
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322年，掌握東晉王國最大軍事力量的一個將軍因為不滿意東晉王國的國王的一些決策，因此帶領軍隊包圍東晉王國的首都，這個將軍希望用他掌握的軍事力量脅迫東晉王國的國王改變決策。
這件事情發生後，東晉王國的中央政府內的官員針對這件事情發表各自不同的看法。
有一個年輕的官員對(周顗)說。
我認為國王的確做了一些錯誤的決策，因此才會導致這個將軍發動這場軍事行動。
所以我不認為這個將軍的行為有錯。
周顗回答這個年輕的官員。
你太年輕所以你經歷的事情太少了，所以你才會這樣看待這場衝突。
我認為我們沒有人是完美的，就算是國王也不例外。
將軍認為國王做了一些錯誤的決策，因此希望國王改變他的決策，但是國王的決策真的是錯誤的嗎?
如果國王決策其實是對的，只是將軍站在自己的立場所以覺得國王的決策錯了呢?
假設國王真的做了錯的決策，但是國王畢竟還是我們王國中的領導者，將軍應該要尊重國王。
將軍怎麼可以因為國王不採納他的意見，就直接發動軍隊包圍首都呢?
這個年輕的官員聽完周顗的話後回答。
謝謝你分享你的看法給我，我的看法的確不夠全面。
這句成語被用來形容一個人很年輕人經歷的事情太少，這個年輕人缺乏人生經驗。
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。
你是否曾經因為別人的想法與你不同而生氣呢?你是否有想過這件事情可能是自己的看法不對嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為晉書-列傳39-周顗傳