There is no justification for starting this war(師出無名)
The name of the founding king of China's
Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin, and a story about him is recorded in history
books.
When he founded the Song Dynasty, China was
divided into several kingdoms.
He wanted to unify all of China. He knew
that this was a very difficult goal, but he had faith in himself. He believed
that he could accomplish this difficult task.
At that time there were the Hou Shu
Kingdom, the Southern Han Kingdom, the Southern Tang Kingdom and several other
kingdoms in the south of the Song Dynasty.
In 971 AD, the Song Dynasty army defeated
the Southern Han Kingdom, and Zhao Kuangyin's next target was the Southern Tang
Kingdom.
The king of the Southern Tang Kingdom at
that time was called (Li Yu).
Li Yu was a failed king. He believed in
Buddhism and had no intention of ruling the Southern Tang Kingdom.
The Southern Tang Kingdom became corrupt
and weak under his rule.
But Li Yu was also the most literary king
in Chinese history. He was recognised as the best poet of his time.
In 971 AD, Zhao Kuangyin ordered an attack
on the southern Tang Kingdom. Li Yu sent two special envoys to the Song
capital. The names of these two special envoys were (Xu Xuan) and (Zhou
Weijian).
After these two special envoys met with
Zhao Kuangyin, (Xu Xuan) said to Zhao Kuangyin
I think you should not attack the Southern
Tang Kingdom at this time. There is no conflict between you and the Southern
Tang Kingdom. The Southern Tang Kingdom has not taken the initiative to send troops
to attack you, and the King of the Southern Tang Kingdom has no intention of
replacing you.
So I don't think you have the right to
start this war.
Zhao Kuangyin did not agree with Xu Xuan's
view because his ideal was to unify all of China, so he believed that he had to
defeat the Southern Tang Kingdom and incorporate the territory of the Southern
Tang Kingdom into the territory of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin was silent after hearing Xu
Xuan's words. Xu Xuan wanted to persuade Zhao Kuangyin, so Xu Xuan said to Zhao
Kuangyin again.
Li Yu has respected you a lot over the
years. He is like your son and dares not disobey you. So you should not start
this unjust war.
After hearing these words, Zhao Kuangyin
smiled and said to Xu Xuan
I agree with you.
The relationship between our two kingdoms
is indeed that of father and son, but just because we are a family, we should
eat and live together and not be separated.
I started this war to bring our family from
division to unity, so I felt it was very legitimate to start this war.
The meaning of this idiom is that there is
no justification for starting this war.
This idiom has been extended to describe a
person who does something without a legitimate reason.
Dear friend, how do you feel or what do you
think after listening to this story?
Who do you think is the greatest
contemporary poet? Do you think Li Yu's status as a king will make him feel
pain or happiness?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
師出無名(There is no justification for
starting this war(師出無名)
中國的宋王朝的開國國王的名字是趙匡胤，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他建立宋王朝的時候，中國分裂成好幾個王國。
他想要統一整個中國，他知道這是一個非常困難的目標，但是他保持著對自己的信心，他認為自己可以完成這項艱鉅的任務。
當時宋王朝南方有後蜀王國與南漢王國與南唐王國和其他幾個王國。
西元971年，宋王朝的軍隊戰勝了南漢王國，趙匡胤接著要對付的下一個目標是南唐王國。
南唐王國當時的國王叫做(李煜)。
李煜是一個失敗的國王，他信仰佛教，他沒有用心去管理南唐王國。
南唐王國在他的治理下變得又腐敗又衰弱。
但是李煜卻也是中國歷史上最有文學上的才華的國王，他被公認為他們哪個時代最棒的詩人。
西元971年，趙匡胤下令要攻打南唐王國，李煜派遣兩個特使到了宋王朝的首都，這兩個特使的名字是(徐鉉)與(周惟簡)。
這兩個特使見到了趙匡胤後，(徐鉉)對趙匡胤說。
我認為你們目前不應該攻打南唐王國，南唐王國與你們之間並沒有發生衝突，南唐王國沒有主動派遣軍隊攻打你們，南唐王國的國王也沒有要取代你們的意圖。
因此我認為你們發動這場戰爭並沒有正當性。
趙匡胤不認同徐鉉的觀點，因為他的理想是要統一整個中國，所以他認為他一定要戰勝南唐王國並且把南唐王國的領土納入宋王朝的版圖。
趙匡胤聽到徐鉉的話後沉默沒有說話，徐鉉想要說服福趙匡胤，所以徐鉉又對趙匡胤說。
李煜這幾年來非常的尊重你們，他就像是你的兒子一樣不敢違抗你。所以你們不應該發動這場沒有正當性的戰爭。
趙匡胤聽完這些話後，他笑著對徐鉉說。
我認同你的觀點。
我們兩個王國德關係的確就像是父子關係一樣，但是正因為我們是一家人，所以我們吃飯生活都應該在一起，我們不應該分開。
我發動這場戰爭是為了讓我們的家庭從分裂變成統一，因此我認為發動這場戰爭非常具有正當性。
這句成語的意思發動這場戰爭並沒有正當性。
這句成語被引申用來形容一個人做了一件事情，但這個人沒有正當的理由。
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。
你心目中當代最偉大的詩人是誰呢?你認為李煜的國王的身分會讓他感覺痛苦還是快樂呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為談淵-宋-王陶-5條
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出處為續資治通鑑長編-卷16
