The political situation is very stable and
people live very peacefully(天下太平)
In the late Ming Dynasty of China, there
was a famous writer called (Feng Menglong).
He wrote a collection of short stories.
This novel reflects the thoughts, feelings
and moral values of the people at that time.
There is a story in this book that is set
in the Tang Dynasty.
The protagonist of this story is called (Ma
Zhou).
This story describes his legendary life,
his journey from a poor commoner to a prominent official.
The first paragraph of the story is as
follows
The Tang Dynasty was a famous period of
prosperity in China.
The second king of China's Tang Dynasty was
called Li Shimin. He is one of the greatest kings in Chinese history.
Under his rule, the political situation of
the Tang Dynasty was very stable and the people lived very peacefully.
He was very good at fighting and he was
also a very clever man, but that was not the main reason why he made the Tang
Dynasty strong.
The main reason why he was able to make the
Tang Dynasty strong was because he was very good at discovering talented
people. He allowed these talented people to work in the central government, and
he gave these people full authority.
There were two ways of discovering talent
in the Tang Dynasty. The first was the nomination system.
This system was established in the Han
Dynasty. The king of the Han Dynasty would ask officials from different places
to recommend some local talents to him. After the king had examined and
approved these people, he would let these talented people enter the central
government.
The second type is the imperial examination
system, which has been in place since the Sui dynasty.
This is a very fair system..
The state sponsors the national
examination. If a person can pass the national examination, regardless of their
family background, the king will let them enter the central government as an
official.
Ma Zhou was born at this time.
Ma Zhou's parents died soon after he was
born. He was an orphan and his life was very poor.
But he kept an optimistic and positive
spirit. He did not complain about life. He studied seriously and hoped to
change his fate through knowledge.
This idiom means that the political
situation is very stable and people's lives are very peaceful. .
Dear friend, how do you feel or what do you
think after listening to this story?
Are you happy with your current situation?
In what way will you become wiser?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
天下太平(The political situation is very
stable and people live very peacefully)
中國的明王朝末年，有一個著名的文學家，他的名字叫做(馮夢龍)。
他寫過一本短篇小說集。
這本小說反映了當時的老百姓的思想和感情和道德觀。
這本書中有一個故事，故事的背景在唐王朝。
這個故事主角是名字叫做(馬周)。
這個故事寫他傳奇的一生，他從一個貧窮的平民最後成為一個顯赫的官員的過程。
這個故事的第一段的內容如下。
唐王朝是中國著名的盛世。
中國的唐王朝的第二任國王的名字叫做李世民。他是中國歷史上最偉大的國王之一。
在他的治理之下，唐王朝的政治情勢非常的穩定而且人民生活的非常的平安。
他本身非常的擅長打仗，他也是一個很聰明的人，但是這不是他帶領唐王朝走向強盛的主要原因。
他能夠帶領唐王朝走向強盛的最主要原因是他很擅長發掘那些有才能的人，他讓這些有才能的人進入中央政府擔任官員，而且他給這些人充分的授權。
唐王朝發掘人才的方式有兩種，第一種是舉薦制度。
這項制度開創於漢王朝，漢王朝的國王會要求由各個地方的官員推薦推薦當地的一些有才能的人給他，國王針對這些人進行考核確認之後會讓這些有才能的人進入中央政府工作。
第二種是從隋王朝開始建立的科舉制度。
這項制度是一個非常公平的制度。
國家會主辦國家考試，如果可以通過國家考試的人，不論這個人的家世背景如何，國王就會讓他進入中央政府內擔任官員。
馬周就出生在這個年代。
馬周的父母在他出生之後不久就相繼離世，他是一個孤兒，他的生活非常的貧困。
但是他仍然保持著樂觀與積極的精神，他沒有因此而埋怨人生，他認真地念書，他希望可以藉由知識來改變自己的命運。
這句成語的意思是政治情勢非常的穩定而且人民生活的非常的平安。。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你對你的現狀滿意嗎?你會用什麼方式讓自己變的更有智慧呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為明-馮夢龍-喻世明言-第五卷-窮馬周遭際賣䭔媼
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