His speech is very slurred and unclear(不明不白)
There was a famous novelist and playwright
in China's Ming Dynasty, his name was (Feng Menglong).
He wrote a collection of short stories.
One of the stories is a fictional story he
created with a very famous person from the Ming Dynasty as the protagonist.
This famous person is called Tang Yin. When
he was growing up, all his friends called him (Tang Bohu).
He lives in Suzhou City. In order to get
close to a maid named Qiuxiang who lived in the house of a minister named Hua
who lived in the central government of Wuxi City, he pretended to be an
unemployed and widowed man.
He went to work in the house of the
minister named Hua.
A few months later he married (Qiu Xiang)
as he wished.
A few days after the wedding, Qiuxiang
discovered Tang Yin's true identity.
Later, the two of them quietly left the
house of the minister named Hua and returned to Suzhou City.
About a year later, Minister Hua happened
to be in Suzhou on business, and one of his servants suddenly said to him
I have just seen a person. This person
seemed to be Tang Yin, who suddenly disappeared from our house a year ago.
The minister called Hua said to the
servant.
Are you sure? You can secretly visit this
person, who looks very much like Tang Yin, and gather some information about
him, and then report back to me.
That night, the servant said to the
minister named Hua
I have found out the true identity of that
man. When he first came to our house to apply for a job, he used a false name.
His real name is Tang Yin. He is a very
famous poet and painter. He is very knowledgeable and well known in Suzhou.
The minister surnamed Hua felt very
strange. Why did such a famous person come to his house to apply for a job a
year ago?
The minister called Hua thought about it
all night.
The next day he made up his mind. He
decided to go directly to Tang Yin's house. He wanted to confirm with his own
eyes that Tang Yin was the person who worked in his house a year ago. He wanted
to find out what had happened.
The minister, surnamed Hua, came to Tang
Yin's house without an appointment.
When Tang Yin saw that the Minister
surnamed Hua was coming to visit him, Tang Yin looked a little nervous.
Tang Yin received the Minister surnamed Hua
according to the etiquette of the time, and they sat together in the hall to
talk.
After the Minister surnamed Hua talked to
Tang Yin, the Minister surnamed Hua was very sure that the man sitting in front
of him was the man who worked in his house a year ago.
But he couldn't understand why Tang Yin
came to his house to apply for a job and then suddenly left with Qiuxiang.
He explained the original purpose of his visit
and told Tang Yin the questions he had in mind.
After Tang Yin heard these questions from
the minister surnamed Hua, his answers were very vague and unclear.
He was unwilling to answer the Minister
surnamed Hua's questions directly.
The atmosphere in the hall became
uncomfortable.
At that time, Tang Yin took the initiative
to talk to Minister Hua.
Let's eat first and have some wine. You are
a famous minister in the central government. If you come to my house today, I
must receive you well.
Give me some time, and after we eat, I will
definitely give you a satisfactory answer to your questions.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is very vague and unclear.
This idiom can also be used to describe a situation where the truth is vague or a person's behaviour is confused.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you come across something that seems
strange to you, will you take the initiative to find the answer? How do you
think Tang Yin will deal with it?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
不明不白(His speech is very slurred and
unclear)
中國的明王朝有一個著名的小說家與劇作家，他的名字叫做(馮夢龍)。
他寫過一本短篇故事集。
其中有一個故事是他以明王朝一個非常著名的名人為主角所創造的一個虛構的故事。
這個名人的名字叫做唐寅。當他成年後他的朋友都稱呼他為(唐伯虎)。
他住在蘇州市。他為了接近一個住在無錫市的中央政府內的一個姓華的大臣家中的一個名字叫做秋香的婢女，所以他偽裝成一個失業的喪偶的男子。
他到了這個姓華的大臣的家中去工作。
幾個月後，他如願地娶了(秋香)。
他們兩個人結婚之後幾天，秋香發現了唐寅的真實身分。
他們兩個人後來悄悄的離開姓華的大臣的家，他們兩個人回到蘇州市。
大約一年後，這個姓華的大臣恰巧到蘇州市辦事，他的一個僕人突然對他說。
我剛才看到一個人，這個人好像就是一年前突然消失在我們家的唐寅。
這個姓華的大臣就對這個僕人說。
你確定嗎?你再去秘密地探訪並蒐集一些這個很像唐寅的人的情報，然後回來向我報告。
當天晚上，這個僕人對這個姓華的大臣說。
我已經查清楚這個人的真實身分，他最初來我們家應徵時，他用的是一個假的名字。
他的真實的名字叫做唐寅，他是一個非常有名的詩人與畫家，他的學識很豐富，他是蘇州市的名人。
姓華的大臣心中覺得非常奇怪，這樣一個名人為何會在一年前到自己的家中應徵工作呢?
姓華的大臣想了一整夜。
第二天，他做了一個決定，他決定直接到唐寅的家中去拜訪，他想要親眼確認這唐寅是否就是一年前在他家工作的那個人，他想要查清楚這件事情的經過。
姓華的大臣沒有預約就到了唐寅的家中拜訪。
唐寅看到姓華的大臣來拜訪自己，唐寅的表情顯得有點慌亂。
唐寅按照當時的禮儀接待姓華的大臣，他們一起坐在大廳中對話。
姓華的大臣與唐寅對話後，姓華的大臣非常確定這個坐在自己面前的這個人就是一年前在自己家裡工作的那個人。
但是他無法理解，為何唐寅會到自己的家中應徵工作，而且後來又與秋香突然地離開。
他便直接表明自己來訪的本意，他直接把他心中的這些疑問告訴唐寅。
唐寅聽到姓華的大臣提出的這些疑問後，他的回答非常含糊而且很不清楚。
他一直不願意正面的回答姓華的大臣的問題。
大廳中的氣氛變得很尷尬。
在這個時候，唐寅主動對姓華的大臣說。
我們先吃飯，先喝點酒。你是中央政府內的著名的大臣，你今天來到我家，我一定要好好地接待你。
你再給我一點時間，等我們吃完飯後，我一定會針對你的這些疑問給你一個滿意的答案。
這句成語被用來形容一個人說話非常含糊而且很不清楚。
這句成語也可以被用來形容一件事的真相很模糊，或是一個人做事很糊塗。
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。
你如果遇到一些你覺得奇怪的事，你會主動去找尋答案嗎?你認為唐寅會如何處理這件事呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為明-馮夢龍-警世通言-卷26唐解元一笑姻緣
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