These five kinds of happiness can enter
this family at the same time.(五福臨門)
In the late Shang Dynasty of China, there
was a famous member of the royal family named Jizi.
He was a very upright and wise man, and he
was an important state advisor to the king of the Shang Dynasty.
After the fall of the Shang Dynasty, the
founding king of the Zhou Dynasty did not kill Jizi. On the contrary, the
founding king of the Zhou Dynasty respectfully asked Jizi for advice. The
founding king of the Zhou Dynasty hoped that Jizi would give him some words of
wisdom.
Jizi's answer was recorded in one of the
oldest books in China, the Shangshu.
One of them is as follows
I think there are five kinds of happiness
that people seek.
The first kind of happiness is to live a
long life.
The second type of happiness is to be rich.
The third kind of happiness is to be safe
and healthy.
The fourth kind of happiness is to have a
good moral character.
The fifth kind of happiness is to die
peacefully and naturally.
After hearing Jizi's wise words, later
generations of Chinese people believed that the five kinds of happiness would
not be complete without one of them, so this saying was born.
The meaning of this saying is: I hope
everyone in this family can have the five kinds of happiness at the same time.
This idiom is usually used as a word of
congratulation and is often written down by Chinese people and posted in their
homes.
This idiom means that the family can have
these five kinds of happiness at the same time.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you think that your life is happy? Among
these five kinds of happiness, which do you think is the most important?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
五福臨門(These five kinds of happiness can
enter this family at the same time.)
中國的商王朝末年有一個著名的皇室成員，他的名字叫做箕子。
他是一個很正直且有智慧的人，他是商王朝的國王的重要國事參謀。
商王朝滅亡之後，周王朝的開國國王沒有殺了箕子，相反的，周王朝的開國國王很恭敬的請教箕子，周王朝的開國國王希望箕子告訴他一些智慧的言語。
箕子的回答被記錄在中國最古老的一本書中，這本書的名字叫做尚書。
其中有一如下。
我認為人類所追求的幸福共有五種。
第一種幸福就是可以長壽。
第二種幸福就是可以富有。
第三種幸福就是可以平安而且身體健康。
第四種幸福就是有好的品德。
第五種的幸福就是一個人能夠平靜的自然死亡。
後代的中國人聽到箕子這段智慧的言語後，認為這五種幸福缺了任何一個都不夠圓滿，因此產生了這句成語。
這句成語的意思就是我希望這個家庭中的人都可以同時擁有這五種幸福。
這句成語通常被用來做為祝賀的話，也常被中國人寫下來貼在自己的家中。
這句成語的意思是這五種幸福可以同時進入這個家庭。
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。
你認為你的人生幸福嗎?這五種幸福之中，你認為那一個最重要呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為尚書-洪範-9條
https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%B0%9A%E6%9B%B8/%E6%B4%AA%E7%AF%84
