I should take advantage of today and drink
as much as I can until I get drunk.(今朝有酒今朝醉)
In the Yuan Dynasty in China, there was a
famous playwright called Wang Ye.
He wrote a play. The summary of the story
of this play is that there is a woman who knows Taoist magic. This woman is
called (Peach Blossom Girl). The story between her and another man named (Zhou
Qian) who is very familiar with Taoist magic.
Part of that story follows.
There is a small village. There is a
fortune teller in this village, and he opens a fortune telling parlour. His
name is Zhou Qian.
Zhou Qian knows the I Ching. In the 30
years since he opened his shop, Zhou Qian has never made a mistake, so he is
proud of himself.
But he has just made his first mistake in
his life, and he is very frustrated.
A worker in charge of cleaning Zhou Qian's
shop said to him
We all make mistakes, and you shouldn't be
discouraged by them.
You should remember the lessons of this
failure and be more careful the next time you tell other people's fortunes.
You should continue to open your shop and
do business as usual.
After hearing these words, Zhou Qian
regained some confidence and said to his employees
I'm very grateful to you, but I've decided
to take a few days off, and I'll reopen when I feel better.
By the way, you have been working here for
so long, have you ever told a fortune?
How about I tell your fortune for free to
thank you?
As Zhou Qian was very persistent, the clerk
agreed.
After Zhou Qian helped the clerk tell his
fortune, Zhou Qian said to the clerk with a sad face.
Oops, that's bad news. You only have two
more days to live, and you will die suddenly in your home at noon the day after
tomorrow.
You have less than two days to live. You
must have a lot of things to do that you have been putting off, right? You
should go home and finish them.
The employee had not expected to hear this
result and was very shocked.
When he got home, he wanted to say goodbye
to his neighbour.
The worker arrived at the home of a good
friend. He sadly said to his good friend, 'I am going to die, so I have come to
say goodbye to you.
The worker's best friend was shocked when
he heard what he had said. His best friend asked him why he thought he was
going to die.
After the clerk told his friend everything
the fortune teller had told him, his friend said to him.
There is an old saying.
I should take advantage of today and drink
until I'm drunk. Let me put off the things that worry me until tomorrow.
If you really are going to die in two days,
you have to make the best of it now.
I went to prepare some Chinese rice wine
and some dishes, and the two of us ate first.
While we were eating, we discussed how to
deal with the situation.
The literal translation of this proverb is
that while we still have wine to drink today, we should drink as much as we can
today.
This proverb is used to describe a person who
only desires present enjoyment without considering the future.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you often worry about things that
haven't happened yet? If you were to die tomorrow, how would you live today?
I hope this story can give you some new insights.
今朝有酒今朝醉(I should take advantage of today
and drink as much as I can until I get drunk.)
中國的元王朝，有一個著名的劇作家，他的名字叫做王曄。
他寫過一齣戲劇，這齣戲劇的故事概要是有一個精通道家法術的女子，這個女子的名字是(桃花女)。她與另一個會很熟悉道家法術的名字叫做(周乾)的男子之間發生的故事。
這個故事的部分內容如下。
有一個小小的村莊，這個村莊中有一個算命師，他開的一家算命館。他的名字叫做周乾。
周乾精通易經，周乾開業30年來沒有失誤過，因此他為自己感到自豪。
但他經歷了他這輩子第一次失誤，所以他非常的沮喪。
周乾店裡負責打掃的一個員工對他說。
人難免會犯錯，你不應該因此而覺得灰心與沮喪。
你應該記取這次失敗的教訓，下次幫別人算命的時候更加謹慎。
你應該如同往常一樣繼續開店做生意。
周乾聽到這些話後，他稍微恢復一點信心，他對他的員工說。
我很謝謝你，但還是我決定先休息幾天，等我心情調適好後我會再度開業。
對了，你在我這邊工作那麼久，你有算命過嗎?
我免費幫你算命來感謝你好嗎?
因為周乾很堅持，所以這個員工答應了。
周乾幫他的雇工算命之後，周乾很憂愁的對他的雇工說。
哎呀，這是一個壞消息。你只能再活兩天，後天中午你就會猝死在你的家中。
你只剩下不到兩天的生命了，你一定有很多該做而一直拖延都沒做的事情對吧?你快回家完成這些事情吧。
這個員工沒想到他會聽到這個結果，所以他非常的震驚。
他回到家後，他想要去跟他的鄰居告別。
這個員工到了自已一個好朋友的家中，他悲傷的對他的好朋友說我已經要死了，所以我來跟你告別。
這個員工的好朋友聽到他說的話後嚇了一跳，他的好朋友便問他為何會認為自己快要死了。
這個員工把算命師對他說的話都告訴他的朋友後，他的朋友對他說。
有一句古代的諺語。
我應該好好把握今天盡情的喝酒直到喝醉。那些令我感到憂慮的事情讓我拖到明天再來解決吧。
他的朋友說
假設你兩天後真的會死那麼你要好好把握現在。
我去準備一些中國米酒與一些菜，我們兩個先吃飯。
我們邊吃飯邊討論要怎樣面對現在的這種情況。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是只要我們今天還有酒可以喝，我們今天就應該盡情的喝酒。
這句成語被用來形容一個人只貪圖現在的享樂而不考慮將來。
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。
你會常常因為那些尚未發生的事情感到憂慮嗎?如果你明天就會死，那麼你會如何過今天呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為元-王曄-桃花女破法戰周公