Jia Yi(賈誼)( 200BC - 168 BC)
His surname is (Jia), his parents gave him
the name (Yi), and he was born in Henan Province, China.
|
賈 |
It means businessman. It means business
behaviour. It is also one of the Chinese surnames. |
|
誼 |
It means suitable. |
He was a famous minister of China's Han
Dynasty. He only lived for 33 years before he died.
He was highly respected by later
generations of writers and politicians.
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He entered the central government of the
Han Dynasty as an official at the age of 22. He felt that the political system
at that time had great flaws, so he expressed his views to the king.
The king liked Jia Yi's views very much,
but Jia Yi's views made many princes in power very unhappy.
These princes concentrated their efforts on
opposing the king's political reforms. These princes also slandered Jia Yi.
Later, the king of the Han dynasty did not
adopt Jia Yi's views because the opposition from the princes was too strong.
The Han king even transferred Jia Yi out of
the capital to serve as a mid-level official in Changsha, in present-day Hunan
province.
After being transferred to Changsha City,
Jia Yi feared that he would die in the humid and hot city.
This was the lowest point in his life.
When he was 28 years old, his life took a
turn for the better.
The king suddenly remembered that Jia Yi
had left the capital for a long time, so the king ordered him to return to the
capital.
On the day he returned to the capital, the
king happened to hold a grand sacrificial ceremony.
That night the king talked to him in the
palace.
The king talked to him about sacrifice. The
king talked to him a lot about death and some strange experiences he had had in
life that could not be explained by common sense.
He had a long talk with the king that
night, and the king listened attentively to his views on various supernatural
phenomena.
The king admired his arguments. The king
felt that his views were very reasonable and profound.
They talked in the palace until late at
night.
The next day, at a meeting of all the
ministers, the king said
I talked to Jia Yi until midnight last
night because I hadn't seen him for three years.
My knowledge was originally much worse than
his.
During the three years that Jia Yi was transferred
to Changsha, I spent a lot of time improving my knowledge.
I originally thought that after those three
years my academic level would catch up with Jia Yi's.
But I did not expect that he had not
stopped learning during those three years. During yesterday's conversation, I
noticed that his level of knowledge has improved a lot compared to three years
ago.
The king sighed after saying this.
said the king. It seems that I will have to
spend a lot of time studying before I can catch up with his current level of
knowledge.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Will you stop learning because you are at a
low point? What are your goals in terms of academic level?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
賈誼( Jia Yi)西元前200年-西元前168年)
他的姓是(賈)，他的父母給他取的名字是(誼)，他出生地位於在中國的河南省。
|
賈 |
意思是商人的意思。意思是商業行為的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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誼 |
意思是合適的意思。 |
他是中國的漢王朝一個著名的大臣，他只活了33歲就死了。
他在後代的文學家與政治家的眼中有很高的評價。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他22歲就進入漢王朝的中央政府擔任官員，他認為當時的政治制度有很大的缺陷，因此他向國王提出了他的看法。
國王很喜歡賈誼提出的觀點，但是賈誼的觀點讓很多掌握權力的諸侯們非常地不開心。
這些諸侯們便集中力量反對國王實行政治改革，這些諸侯們並同時詆毀賈誼。
後來漢王朝的國王因為諸侯們反對的力量太大，所以就沒有採用賈誼的意見。
漢王朝的國王更把賈誼調離首都到現在湖南省的長沙市中擔任一個中階官員。
賈誼被調到長沙市後，他擔心自己會死在這座潮濕又悶熱的城市。
這段時間是他人生中的最低潮。
他28歲那一年，他的人生迎來一個轉機。
國王突然想起賈誼已經離開首都很久，國王就下令調他回到首都。
他回到首都那一天，國王剛好舉辦完一場很盛大的祭祀典禮。
當天晚上，國王與他在皇宮中聊天。
國王跟他聊祭祀的事情，國王跟他聊了很多有關於死亡與一些生活中曾遇到的無法用常理解釋的奇特的經驗。
他當天晚上與國王聊了非常久，國王很專心地聽他對與各種超自然現象的看法。
國王很敬佩他提出的這些論點，國王覺得他的觀點都非常的有道理而且深刻。
他們兩個人就在皇宮中一直聊到深夜。
隔天，國王在一場會議上對所有的大臣說。
我昨天晚上與賈誼聊天聊到半夜，因為我已經三年沒有看到他了。
我的學識原本比他差很多。
賈誼調任到長沙的這三年間，我花了很多時間充實自己的學識。
我原本以為經過這三年我的學識水平已經可以追上賈誼。
但我沒有想到，他在這三年內他沒有停止學習，在昨天的對談中，我發覺他的學識水平比三年前又提高很多。
國王說完這句話後嘆了一口氣。
國王說。看來我還要花很多的時間學習才有可能追上他現在的知識水平啊。
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。
你會因為自己處於低潮就停止學習嗎?你在學識水平上的追求目標是誰呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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