Shi Chong owns a colourful silk curtain(季倫錦障).
In the Western Jin Dynasty of China, there
was a famous minister who was also a famous rich man in Chinese history. His
name was (Shi Chong).
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He had a very rich friend who was the uncle
of the king. His name is (Wang Kai).
He and Wang Kai often engage in extravagant
and wasteful behaviour to show off their wealth.
There was a trend among the nobles in the
Jin Dynasty. This trend was that when the nobles and their families wanted to
go out for fun, they would use long and large curtains to surround the nobles
and their families.
In this way, the nobles and their families
in the curtain could effectively separate themselves from the common people.
If you were a commoner at that time, when
you saw these curtains from a distance, you could judge the wealth of the
nobles inside the curtain by the size and material of the curtain.
One day, Wang Kai said to Shi Chong.
Wang Kai said.
A few days ago, I took my family out to
play, and I specially used a piece of purple silk with a total length of more
than 16,000 metres to make a curtain.
Shi Chong said to Wang Kai with a smile.
A few days ago, I took my family out to
play, and I specially used a piece of colourful silk with a total length of
more than 20,000 metres to make a curtain.
Shi Chong's other noble friends were also
rich, but not as rich as him. Therefore, these nobles were envious and jealous
of his wealth.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that Shi Chong owned a curtain made of colourful silk.
It is used to describe a person who is very
rich.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you envy those who have money? If you
had a lot of money, what would you do with it?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
季倫錦障(Shi Chong owns a colourful silk
curtain)
中國的西晉王朝，有一個著名的大臣，他也是一個中國歷史上著名的富豪，他的名字叫做(石崇)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他有一個很有錢的朋友，這個朋友是國王的舅舅。他的名字叫做(王愷)。
他跟王愷常常做出一些很奢侈與浪費的行為來彰顯自己的財富。
晉王朝當時的貴族之間有一個風潮，這個風潮就是當貴族們一家人要出門遊玩時，會用很長很大的布幕把貴族與貴族的家屬包圍起來。
這樣這些在布幕中的貴族與家人們可以有效地把自己與平民區隔開來。
如果你是當時的一個平民，當你遠遠地看到這些布幕的時候，你就可以根據這布幕的大小與材質才判斷這個布幕中的貴族的富有程度。
有一天，王愷對石崇說。
王愷說。
我前幾天帶這我的家人出去玩，我特別拿了一塊總長度超過16000公尺的紫色的絲綢作成一塊布幕。
石崇微笑著對王愷說。
我前幾天帶這我的家人出去玩，我特別拿了一塊總長度超過20000公尺的彩色的絲綢作成一塊布幕。
石崇的其他貴族朋友們雖然也都很有錢但是都比不上他，因此這些貴族們對於他的富有感到又羨慕又忌妒。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是石崇擁有一塊彩色的絲綢做成的布幕
這一句成語被用來形容一個人非常的富有。
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。
你會羨慕那些有錢的人嗎?你如果有數不清的錢，你會想拿這些錢來做些甚麼事呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為世說新語-汰侈-第8條
https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E8%AA%AA%E6%96%B0%E8%AA%9E/%E6%B1%B0%E4%BE%88
出處為晉書-卷33-石崇傳
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E6%99%89%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7033