I will listen to you with a very respectful
attitude(洗耳恭聽)
In the Yuan Dynasty of China, there was a
mysterious playwright who wrote many plays. His name was Zheng Tingyu.
He wrote more than 23 plays, most of which
are lost.
Of his only five surviving plays, one is
based on a historical story between the Chu Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom in
China's Spring and Autumn Period.
The outline of the story in the fourth act
of the play is as follows
During the Spring and Autumn Period in
China, the king of the Wu Kingdom lost his sword called Zhanlu.
After investigating, the king of the Wu
Kingdom discovered that the sword was actually in the hands of the king of the
Chu Kingdom.
As the king of the Chu Kingdom was
unwilling to return the sword, the Wu Kingdom sent a general named Wu Zixu to
lead an army of 400,000 men to attack the Chu Kingdom.
Because the Wu army was too strong, the Chu
capital was captured a few weeks later, and the Chu were unable to
counterattack.
An envoy from the Chu Kingdom named (Shen
Baoxu) arrived in the capital of the Qin Kingdom.
Shen Baoxu begged the King of Qin to send
Qin's army to help the Chu Kingdom.
The king of the Qin Kingdom sent a general
from the Qin Kingdom who was good at fighting to lead an army of 100,000 men
and Shen Baoxu to the Chu Kingdom to fight against the Wu Kingdom.
After hearing the news, Wu Zixu made a
decision.
He gave orders to the troops under his
command.
We have achieved this military objective
and successfully recovered the sword lost by the king of Wu Kingdom. I have
decided to retreat, and we will return to the Kingdom of Wu immediately today.
A few days after Shen Baoxu led the troops
of the Qin Kingdom to the capital of the Chu Kingdom, the fleeing king of the
Chu Kingdom and his younger brother also returned to the capital of the Chu
Kingdom.
The king of the Chu Kingdom returned to his
palace, and all the fleeing ministers of the Chu Kingdom returned to the
central government one by one.
The central government of the Chu Kingdom
began to resume its usual busy schedule. A few days later, something happened
that took the king of Chu Kingdom by surprise.
As the king's wife and son were fleeing,
they fell into the river.
The king's wife and son were very lucky and
neither of them drowned.
The king's wife and son returned to the
palace, and the king happily embraced his children and wife.
The king of Chu Kingdom was so happy that
he held a very grand banquet.
An ambassador from the Qin Kingdom attended
the banquet.
The Qin ambassador was shocked when he saw
the Chu king's wife and child.
The Qin ambassador asked the Chu king.
I heard that your wife and son drowned
during their escape, but why did they show up at this party? What happened?
said the king happily to the Qin
ambassador.
After they fell into the river, they had
many wonderful encounters. If you want to listen to this story, it will take a
long time.
The Qin ambassador smiled and replied to
the king.
I really want to know what happened to
them.
If you are willing to tell me, I will
listen to you with great respect.
The party went on and the play ended on a
happy note.
The literal translation of this idiom is 'I
want to wash my ears because I want to listen carefully to what you say'.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
listens respectfully to another person.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you like to watch comedies or tragedies?
What do you think is the most amazing encounter in your life?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
洗耳恭聽(I will listen to you with a very
respectful attitude)
中國的元王朝有一個寫了很多齣戲劇的神秘的劇作家，他的名字叫做鄭廷玉。
他創作了超過23齣戲劇，其中大部分都已經佚失了。
他僅存的5齣戲劇中，有一齣是根據中國的春秋時代楚王國與吳王國之間的一段歷史故事加以改編而成。
在這齣戲第四幕的故事大綱如下。
中國的春秋時代，吳王國的國王有一把名字叫做(湛盧)的寶劍不見了。
吳王國的國王在經過調查之後，他發現這把寶劍竟然在楚王國的國王手上。
因為楚王國的國王不願意歸還這把寶劍，所以吳王國派遣一個名字叫做伍子胥的大將軍帶領一支共40萬人的軍隊去攻打楚王國。
由於吳王國的軍隊太過強大，幾個禮拜後，楚王國的首都被攻破，楚王國沒有能力反攻。
有一個名字叫做(申包胥)的楚王國的使者到了秦王國的首都。
申包胥懇求秦王國的國王派出秦王國的軍隊協助楚王國。
勤王國的國王派遣秦王國中一個很會打仗的將軍帶領著一隻10萬人的軍隊與申包胥前往楚王國對抗吳王國。
伍子胥聽到這個消息之後，他做出了一個決定。
他向他所帶領的軍隊發布命令。
我們已經達成了這次的軍事目標，我們已經順利奪回吳王國的國王所失去的寶劍。我決定撤退，我們今天就立刻回吳王國。
申包胥帶著秦王國的軍隊到了楚王國的首都的幾天之後，逃難中的楚王國的國王與他的弟弟也回到楚王國的首都。
楚王國的國王重新回到他的皇宮中，所有逃難的楚王國的大臣們也陸陸續續地回到中央政府。
楚王國的中央政府開始恢復以往的繁忙，幾天後，有一件令楚王國的國王感到驚喜的一件事情發生了。
國王的妻子與兒子在逃難的過程中，兩個人掉入河中。
國王的妻子與兒子非常幸運，兩個人都沒有淹死。
國王的妻子與兒子又回到皇宮，國王與他的小孩和妻子開心的擁抱在一起。
楚王國的國王太開心了，他舉辦了一場非常盛大的宴會。
在這場宴會中，秦王國的一個大使來參加。
秦王國的大使看到楚王國的國王的妻子與小孩後嚇了一跳，
秦王國的大使問楚王國的國王。
我聽說你的妻子與兒子都已經在逃難中淹死了，但是為何它們出現在這場宴會中，到底發生了什麼是呢?
國王很開心的對這個秦王國的大使說。
他們兩個人掉入河中之後，他們兩個人的身上發生了很多很奇妙的遭遇，如果你要聽這個故事，那麼要花很多時間唷。
這個秦王國的大使笑著回答國王。
我很想知道他們兩個人到底經歷了些什麼事。
如果你願意告訴我，我會用很恭敬的態度聽你說。
宴會繼續進行，這齣戲就在一個圓滿且歡樂的情況下結束。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是我要把我的耳朵洗乾淨，因為我想要認真聽清楚你說的話。
這句成語被用來形容一個人用很恭敬的態度聽另外一個人說話。
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。
你喜歡看喜劇還是悲劇呢?你認為你的人生中最奇妙的遭遇是什麼呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為全元曲雜劇-鄭廷玉-楚昭王疏者下船-第四折