Unexpected Changes(不虞之變)
The name of the founding king of China's
Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin, and a story about him is recorded in history
books.
After he founded the Song Dynasty, he still
kept his old habits. He would dress in civilian clothes and walk around the
capital alone. He used this method to understand the lives of ordinary people.
Several ministers told him.
You have just founded the Song Dynasty, and
the foundation of the Song Dynasty has not yet been fully consolidated.
For the past few decades, China has been in
a state of division, so people's emotions are very impetuous.
Therefore, we recommend that you do not
walk around alone.
If something unexpected happens to you, it
will be too late for you to regret it.
He smiled and said to these ministers.
I can be a king, and I don't think it
depends on personal ability alone.
I think the main reason I can be a king is
because God favours me.
I can be a king. I think this is God's
will. It is not the result of my own efforts, and it is not something I can
refuse.
From this point of view, I believe that
unexpected changes in life are all arranged by God in advance.
So I have absolutely no worries about
accidents happening to me.
If God wants me to have an accident, then I
will be in danger even if I hide in the palace.
If God does not allow any accident to
happen to me, then I will be safe anywhere.
Zhao Kuangyin did not change his habits,
and because of his habits he understood the difficulties of the people and
their lives very well, and he became a very caring king who was good at taking
care of the people.
The literal translation of this saying
means unexpected change.
Dear friend, how do you feel or what do you
think after listening to this story?
Do you agree with Zhao Kuangyin's point of
view? Do you think the leaders of your current country have thought about how
to make the society you live in better from the people's point of view?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
不虞之變(意想不到的變化(Unexpected
Changes)
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。
他建立了宋王朝之後，他仍然保持一個他舊有的習慣，他會穿上平民的衣服然後一個人到首都內到處看看，他藉著這個方式去了解平民的生活。
有好幾個大臣對他說。
你剛建立宋王朝，宋王朝的統治基礎尚未完全的鞏固。
這幾十年來中國處於分裂的狀態，所以人民的情緒都很浮躁。
因此我們建議你不應該一個人到處閒逛。
萬一你發生了甚麼意外，那麼到時候你要後悔都來不及啊。
他笑著對這幾個大臣說。
我可以當上國王，我認為這不單純憑藉個人的能力。
我認為我能當上國王的最主要的原因是因為上天眷顧我。
我可以當上國王，我認為這是上天的旨意，這不是我自己努力得來的結果，這也不是我可以拒絕的了的。
根據這個觀點，我認為人生中的那些意想不到的變化，都是上天所事先安排的，
因此我完全不擔心我會發生任何意外事故。
假如上天要我發生意外，那麼我就算躲在皇宮中也是危險的。
假如上天不允許我發生任何意外，那麼我在任何的地方都會安全的。
趙匡胤沒有改變他的習慣，也因此他這個習慣，他很了解人民與百姓生活的困難，他成為一個很有愛心又很會照顧百姓的國王。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是意想不到的變化。
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。
你認同趙匡胤的觀點嗎?你認為你現在的國家的領導者有站在百姓的立場去思考如何讓你所住的社會變得更好嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為涑水記聞-卷01
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E6%B6%91%E6%B0%B4%E8%A8%98%E8%81%9E/%E5%8D%B701
