Fu Zijian (宓不齊/子賤)

His surname is (Fu). His parents gave him the name (Buqi). When he grew up, his friend called him (Zijian).

It has the meaning of quiet, and it is also one of the Chinese surnames.
It means negative.
Being flat or neat is also one of the Chinese surnames.
   
The original meaning is baby, and it is also one of the Chinese surnames.
   
Low status also means low price.

He is one of the 72 best disciples of Confucius.

About (Zijian). There is a story about him in the History Book.

The king of Lu State sent (Zijian) to manage an important city.

This was the first time that (Zijian) had taken on such an important task. So he went to visit a good friend called (Yang). (Zijian) asks (Yang) to give him some suggestions.

(Yang) said to (Zijian), "I am as young as you are. So I can't tell you what to do. But I am very good at fishing. I can share some of my fishing knowledge with you.

(Yang) said that when I go fishing, there are two kinds of fish.

The first kind of fish lives in shallow water. I just dropped the bait and hung the line, and these fish ate the bait immediately and were caught. This type of fish tastes awful.

The second kind of fish lives in deeper water. I put the bait down and after hanging the line I spent a lot of time waiting for these fish to eat the bait before I could catch them. This kind of fish is delicious.

(Zijian) said to (Yang), thank you very much.

When (Zijian) started his new job on the first day, he had not yet reached the door of the office, and he saw many local officials standing respectfully at the door to greet him.

It was then that (Zijian) remembered what (Yang) had said. He thought that the first kind of fish had appeared.

After (Zijian) had been in office for a few weeks, he found that some people in the unit were taking their work seriously instead of spending time on socialising and flattery. 
(Zi Jian) said to himself, these people are the second kind of fish.
So (Zijian) humbly consulted these people and gave them important positions.

As a result, this place was run very well.

Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts do you have after listening to this story?
How do you normally judge a person? Which people in your company do you think are the second type of fish?
I hope this story can give you some new insights.




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他的姓是宓,他的父母給他取的名字是不齊,長大後朋友稱呼他的名字是子賤,

有安靜的意思,也是中國人的姓氏之一。
有否定的意思。
平整或是整齊的意思,也是中國人的姓氏之一。
本意是嬰兒的意思,也是中國人的姓氏之一。
地位卑下也有價格低廉的意思。


他是孔子最優秀的72位學生之一。

關於(子賤)。歷史書上記載過一個關於他的故事。

魯國的國王派遣(子賤)去管理一座重要的城市。

這是(子賤)第一次承擔那麼重要的任務。因此他去拜訪自己一個名字叫做(陽晝)的好朋友。(子賤)請求(陽晝)給自已一些建議。

(陽晝)對(子賤)說,我跟你一樣的年輕。所以我無法告訴你該怎樣做。但我很會釣魚,我可以分享一些我釣魚的知識給你。

(陽晝)說,我在釣魚的時候會遇見兩種魚。

第一類的魚生活在水比較淺的地方。我剛放下魚餌,垂下釣線,這些魚就立刻吃掉魚餌被釣起來。這類的魚味道很糟糕。

第二種的魚生活在水比較深的地方,我放下魚餌,垂下釣線後,要花很多時間去等待這些魚吃掉魚餌,然後才釣得起來。這類魚吃起來的味道很美味。

(子賤)對(陽晝)說,非常謝謝。

當(子賤)開始新職務的第一天,他尚未走到辦公室的大門口,就看到很多當地的官員,已經態度很恭敬的站在門口迎接他。

這時候(子賤)想起(陽晝)說過的話。他心裡想第一種類的魚已經出現了。

當(子賤)就任幾週後,他發現單位中有一些人認真盡本份的工作,而不是花時間在社交與奉承。
(子賤)對自己說,這些人就是第二種魚。

所以(子賤)就虛心請教這些人並且讓這些人擔任重要的職務。

結果這個地方被(子賤)治理得很好。

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。
你平常是如何評斷一個人?你認為你的公司中有那些人是第二種魚呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。

出處為說苑-政理-25

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2024/11/30更新