Meng Jia's hat was blown off by the wind(孟嘉落帽)
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China, there
was a famous scholar named (Meng Jia).
There is a story about him recorded in the
history books.
Meng Jia served as a confidential aide to a
general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The general's name was Huan Wen.
One day, Huan Wen held a grand outdoor
banquet, and his seat was placed near Huan Wen's seat.
The banquet was very lively and many people
attended. Many wonderful music and dance performances were arranged during the
banquet.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew outside.
Because Meng Jia was so focused on enjoying the performance, he didn't notice
that the hat on his head had been blown to the ground by the wind.
Halfway through the banquet, Meng Jia got
up and went to the toilet.
Huan Wen said to several officials around
him.
(Meng Jia's) hat was blown off by the wind
and he didn't notice it.
We took the hat and put it on his seat. We
wrote a note and put it on his hat. We can write these words on this note. You
didn't even notice that the wind blew your hat off, haha.
Huan Wen said to the officers with a smile.
Let's see Meng Jia's reaction. I think his
cheeks will be red and he will feel embarrassed.
These officers also smiled and agreed with
Huan Wen's suggestion.
A few minutes later, Meng Jia returned to
his seat. He saw the hat and the note on his seat.
After Meng Jia read the words on the note,
his reaction was different from what the general expected. After putting on his
hat very elegantly and calmly, he said to Huan Wen, 'I suddenly had an
inspiration and wanted to write something. This article is a record of what
happened today.
After taking out his pen and paper, he did
not think or pause. In about ten minutes he wrote a wonderful short article.
When he had finished writing this article,
he showed it to Huan Wen.
After Huan Wen read it, he stood up and
said to everyone.
Meng Jia's article is very profound and
poetic, and his talent is truly amazing.
I am circulating this article to everyone
so that everyone can appreciate how he used the incident of his hat falling to
the ground to remind him of the meaning and value of life.
Meng Jia changed this situation that others
might find embarrassing. Meng Jia used his elegant and calm attitude and his
extraordinary literary talent to turn this situation, which was originally
unfavourable for him, into a very favourable one.
The literal translation of this saying is
that Meng Jia's hat was blown off by the wind.
The meaning of this idiom is used to
describe a person who has high literary talent and is elegant and calm.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever found yourself in an
embarrassing situation? If you were Meng Jia, how would you react when you saw
the note and the hat?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
孟嘉落帽(Meng Jia's hat was blown off by the
wind)
中國的東晉王朝，有一個著名的學者，他的名字叫做(孟嘉)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
孟嘉擔任東晉王朝一個將軍的機要幕僚，這個將軍的名字叫做桓溫。
有一天，桓溫舉辦了一場很盛大的戶外宴會，他坐的位置被安排在這個桓溫的座位附近。
這場宴會非常的熱鬧有很多人參加，宴會中安排了很多精彩的音樂與舞蹈表演。
戶外突然颳起了一陣大風，因為孟嘉非常專心在欣賞演出，所以他完全沒有注意到自己的頭上的帽子已經被風吹掉在地上。
宴會進行到一半的時候，孟嘉起身去上廁所。
桓溫對他身邊的幾個軍官說。
(孟嘉)的帽子被風吹掉了，他沒有注意到這件事。
我們把帽子撿起來後放在他的座位上，我們在寫一張紙條放在他的帽子上，這張紙條上面我們可以寫這些字。你竟然沒有發現你的帽子被風吹掉了，哈哈。
桓溫笑著對這幾個軍官說。
我們來觀察一下孟嘉的反應，我認為他會臉頰脹紅而且覺得很尷尬。
這幾個軍官也笑的表示贊同桓溫的建議。
幾分鐘後，孟嘉回到他的位置上，他看到自己座位上的帽子與紙條。孟嘉看完紙條上寫的字後他的反應與將軍所料想的不同，他先非常優雅又從容的戴上了帽子後，接著他對桓溫說，我突然有了靈感，我想寫一篇文章記錄今天發生的這件事。
他拿出紙與筆後，他完全沒有思索與停頓，大約十分鐘後，他就寫好一篇精彩的短文。
他寫完這篇文章後，他把這篇文章拿給桓溫看。
桓溫看完之後，他站起來對所有人說。
孟嘉這篇文章寫得非常的有深度又詩意，他的才華真的太驚人了。
我把這篇文章給大家傳閱，大家可以欣賞一下他如何藉由他的帽子掉在地上的這件事情讓他聯想到人生的意義與價值。
孟嘉轉換了這個其他人遇到可能會覺得尷尬的狀態，孟嘉用他優雅又從容的態度與過人的文學才華把這個原本對他不利的情況變得對他非常有利。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是孟嘉的帽子被風吹掉了。
這句成語的意思被用來形容一個人有很高的文學才華而且這個人優雅又從容。
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。
你遭遇過那些令你尷尬的情況嗎?你如果是孟嘉，當你看到紙條與帽子時，你會有怎樣的反應嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為陶淵明-晉故征西大將軍長史孟府君傳
