Responding by talking back after being
accused(反脣相稽)
In the Han Dynasty of China, there was a
famous minister called Jia Yi.
There is a story about him recorded in the
history books.
He entered the central government of the
Han dynasty as an official at the age of 22. He once wrote a very famous
article analysing the reasons for the fall of the Qin dynasty.
He hoped that through this article the
kings of the Han Dynasty could learn from the failure of the Qin Dynasty.
A passage from his article reads as follows
In order to strengthen the country, the Qin
kingdom carried out a series of institutional reforms. After two years of
implementation, this reform system produced some unexpected results.
The following phenomena occurred in the
families of ordinary people in the Qin Kingdom.
When the children of wealthy people grow
up, they are eager to ask their fathers to share the family property with them.
The children of poor people are eager to
find rich people to marry when they grow up.
Relatives lose their original tolerance and
become very utilitarian in getting along.
Everyone is very rude and does not know how
to respect the elders and be kind to the younger ones.
Family members blame each other, and the
person being blamed responds by talking back.
The people who formulated this system
reform did indeed make the Qin Kingdom strong and gave the Qin Kingdom the
ability to defeat the other six kingdoms and unify all of China.
But this system also had very serious
consequences. As a result, people lost their sense of etiquette, kindness and
justice.
After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, our Han
Dynasty succeeded the Qin Dynasty and became the ruler of China.
We should remember the lessons of the fall
of the Qin Dynasty, govern the people with kindness and care, and teach them to
respect each other and uphold correct moral values.
If we do this, our Han Dynasty can last for
a long time.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that one person blames another and the person being blamed responds by talking
back.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How do you usually react when you are
scolded? What is the social climate like in your country?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
反脣相稽(Responding by talking back after
being accused)
中國的漢王朝，有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做賈誼。
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，他曾經寫過一篇非常著名的論文，他在這篇論文中分析了秦王國滅亡的原因。
他希望藉著這篇文章，讓漢王朝的國王可以從秦王朝的失敗中吸取教訓。
他這篇文章中有一段敘述如下。
秦王國為了讓國力變得強大因此進行了一連串的制度改革，這套改革制度實行了兩年後造成了一些原本沒有意料到的結果。
秦王國內普通老百姓的家庭中出現了下列幾種現象。
有錢人的子女在長大後就急著要求父親要分家產給自己。
窮人的子女在長大後就急著找一些有錢的人結婚。
親人間失去原本的寬容而且相處時變得非常功利。
每個人都非常的沒有禮貌，不知道尊敬長者與友愛晚輩。
家庭成員彼此責備對方，而被責備的一方採取頂嘴的方式回應。
制訂這套制度改革的人的確讓秦王國變的強大，並且讓秦王國具備的打敗其他六個王國並且統一整個中國的能力。
但是這套制度卻同時造成了非常嚴重的後果，這個後果就是讓人民失去了用禮儀和仁愛與正義。
秦王朝滅亡之後，我們漢王朝接替秦王朝成為中國的統治者。
我們應該記取成秦王朝滅亡的教訓，用仁慈與關愛去治理百姓，並且教導百姓們要彼此尊敬與保持正確的道德觀。
如果我們這樣做，我們漢王朝才可能長久的延續。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一個人責備另一個人，而被責備的人採取頂嘴的方式回應。
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。
當你被責備時，你通常會有怎樣的反應嗎?你的國家中的社會氛圍如何呢?
出處為漢書-卷48賈誼傳
