Discontinuation of armaments and military
activities and conversion to the promotion of cultural and educational
activities(偃武修文)
In 1044 BC, the founding king of the Zhou
Dynasty led a united army to attack the Shang Dynasty.
Because the tyrannical rule of the King of
the Shang Dynasty had become intolerable to the people and soldiers of the
Shang Dynasty, the people and soldiers of the Shang Dynasty also wanted to
rebel against the Zhou Dynasty army.
After the war began, many soldiers of the
Shang Dynasty turned to the armies of the Zhou Dynasty.
Although the army of the Shang Dynasty was
larger than that of the Zhou Dynasty, the battle ended quickly.
The Zhou dynasty overthrew the Shang
dynasty, which had ruled China for nearly 600 years.
The founding king of the Zhou dynasty
became ruler of China after the successful revolution.
He ordered that the military budget should
no longer be increased and that armament activities should be stopped. He
ordered that the state budget be used to promote cultural and educational
activities.
He ordered that the horses and cattle
confiscated from the army be returned to the people. He announced to all the
people that after the war we had experienced, the focus of our next government
would be to give the people a stable life.
He held a grand sacrifice ceremony and
invited leaders from all over China to attend the sacrifice ceremony in the
capital of the Zhou dynasty.
This idiom means to stop armament and
military activities and to promote cultural and educational activities.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What is the annual military and education
budget of your country's central government? Do you think the education budget
in your country is sufficient?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
偃武修文(Discontinuation of armaments and
military activities and conversion to the promotion of cultural and educational
activities)
西元前1044年，所以周王朝的開國國王帶領了一隻聯合軍隊攻打商王朝。
因為商王朝的國王的暴虐統治已經讓商王朝的百姓與士兵都無法忍受，導致商王朝的百姓於士兵們也都想要反周王朝的軍隊。
戰爭開始後，很多商王朝的士兵轉而倒向周王朝的軍隊。
因此雖然商王朝的軍隊人數雖然多於周王朝的軍隊，但是這場役卻很快地結束。
周王朝推翻了統治中國將近600年的商王朝。
周王朝的開國國王在革命成功之後，他成為中國的統治者。
他下令不再強化軍事預算與停止軍備活動，他下令開始把國家預算放推廣文化與教育活動。
他下令把徵用到軍隊中的馬與牛都返還給百姓，他對所有百姓宣布我們經歷的這場戰亂，我們接下來的執政重點是要讓人民可以安定的生活。
他舉開了一場盛大的祭祀典禮，他邀請了當時中國的各個地方的領袖都到周王朝的首都參加這場祭祀典禮。
這句成語的意思是停止軍備與軍事活動並轉成推廣文化與教育活動
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。
你的國家的中央政府的年度軍事預算與教育預算各為多少呢?你認為你的國家中的教育預算是否足夠呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為尚書-周書經-武成
https://ctext.org/shang-shu/successful-completion-of-the-war/zh
