The less you want to see an enemy of yours,
the more likely you are to meet that enemy.(不是冤家不聚頭)
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.
Among 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 second act
of the play is as follows
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China,
the king of the Wu Kingdom had a sword called (Zhanlu) which disappeared.
After investigation by the king of the Wu
Kingdom, he 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.
The king of the Chu Kingdom sent a very
cunning prime minister named Fei Wuji to lead the army into battle.
The armies of both sides met at the border
of the Chu and Wu kingdoms.
Wu Zixu said angrily when he saw Fei Wuji.
You framed my father and brother, so my
father and brother were sentenced to death by the king of the Chu Kingdom.
There is a saying that the less you want to see your enemy, the more likely you
are to meet him.
I see you on the battlefield today. I
believe this is a chance given to me by God.
I hate you very much and I want to avenge
my family today.
I must kill you today.
Fei Wuji laughed and replied.
Your father and brother are both dead. You
are still very young. I think your experience and skills are insufficient. I
will kill you today and let you meet your father and brother in the underworld.
The armies of both sides began a bloody and
fierce war.
After a few hours, the Chu Kingdom's army
led by Fei Wuji was defeated, and the Chu soldiers retreated in haste.
Wu Zixu led the soldiers to hunt down Fei
Wuji.
The literal translation of this saying is
that the less you want to see an enemy, the more likely you are to meet them.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
will inevitably see someone they least want to see.
It is also used to describe a pair of
lovers or couples. They are destined to be together again in the previous life.
The lovers or couple often quarrel with each
other but always come back together.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you often quarrel with your beloved? The
ancient Chinese believed that the relationship between lovers and enemies is
very similar. Do you agree with this view?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
不是冤家不聚頭(The less you want to see an enemy
of yours, the more likely you are to meet that enemy.)
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。
在這齣戲第二幕的故事大綱如下。
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。
楚王國的國王派遣一個名字叫費無忌的非常奸詐的宰相帶領軍隊應戰。
雙方的軍隊在楚王國與吳王國的邊境相遇。
伍子胥看到費無忌後很氣憤說。
你誣陷我的父親與我的哥哥，所以害我的父親與我的哥哥被楚王國的國王判處死刑。有一句俗話說，你愈不想看到你的一個仇人，你就愈有可能遇到這個仇人。
我今天能夠在戰場上看到你，我相信這是上天賜我的一個機會。
我非常的恨你，我今天要為我家人報仇。
今天我一定要殺了你。
費無忌大笑著回答。
你的父親與你的哥哥都死了，你非常的年輕，我認為你的經驗與能力都不足，今天我會殺了你，讓你跟你的父親和你的哥哥在陰間相遇。
雙方的軍隊展開了一場血腥又激烈的戰爭。
幾個小時後，費無忌所率領的楚王國的軍隊戰敗，楚王國的士兵們倉皇的撤退。
伍子胥帶領士兵們追殺費無忌。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是你愈不想看到你的一個仇人，你就愈有可能遇到這個仇人。
這句成語被用來形容一個人不可避免地會看到一個自己最不想見到的人。
這句成語也被用來形容一對情人或是夫妻，他們會再一起是前世註定的緣分。
這對情人或是夫妻經常彼此爭吵卻又一直再一起。
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。
你是否會常常跟你的愛人爭吵呢?中國古人覺得愛人與仇人的關係很類似，你認同這種看法嗎?
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-第二折