顏 | The meaning of colors. It is also one of the Chinese surnames. |
之 | The original meaning is the meaning of growth. |
推 | Meaning of pushing. |
介 | The original meaning is the meaning of armor, and the extension has the meaning between the two. |
He was a famous official during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China.
He wrote a book for his descendants in which he recorded ways to improve moral cultivation and some experiences and insights in personal life.
The book he wrote affected not only his children, but also many Chinese people in future generations.
There is a short story in the book as follows.
There was a scholar in a big city.
The scholar read many books and felt that his knowledge was very rich, so he was very proud.
One morning the scholar went to the market.
The scholar wanted to buy a donkey.
After choosing a donkey, the scholar negotiated the price with the donkey seller.
When the scholar and the merchant had finished negotiating, the scholar said to the merchant
Do we have to sign a formal contract to make this sale?
replied the businessman.
Since I was a young man, I have never signed a contract when doing business.
We all deal in cash, you give me money and I give you a donkey.
If you want to sign a contract, I can cooperate, but I have to hire a knowledgeable person to draw up the contract. We may not be able to trade today.
The scholar smiled and said to the merchant.
I am a very knowledgeable person and I can draw up a contract right now and we can trade in about 20 minutes.
The businessman agreed to the scholar's proposal and the scholar took out paper and a Chinese brush and began to draw up the contract.
Twenty minutes later, the scholar had written the contract and proudly read it to the businessman.
After listening to the scholar read the contract, the businessman asked the scholar in astonishment.
You have used many beautiful words and very advanced writing skills in this contract. The full text of your contract is over a thousand words long.
But I'm very confused, why didn't you mention in this contract that the item we were trading was a donkey?
After the businessman finished his question, some of the passers-by laughed.
This story is also a Chinese idiom. The literal translation of this idiom is that a knowledgeable scholar wanted to buy a donkey.
This idiom is used to describe a person's speech or article that is splendid but empty. This person's speech or article does not clearly grasp the main points he wants to express.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts do you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever tried to show your ability but ended up revealing your ignorance? Has your father ever passed on to you the life mottos he has learnt?
I hope this story can give you some new insights.
顏之推(西元531-西元597年)
博士買驢(A knowledgeable scholar wanted to buy a donkey.)
他的姓是(顏)，他的父母給他取的名字是(之推)，長大後朋友稱呼他的名字是(介)，他出生地位於在中國的山東省。
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顏 |
顏色的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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之 |
本義是成長的意思。 |
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推 |
推的意思。 |
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介 |
本義是鎧甲的意思，引申有介於兩者之間的意思。 |
他是中國的南北王朝時代的一個著名的官員。
他寫過一本書給自已的子孫，他在這一本書中紀錄了提高道德修養的方法與個人生活上的一些心得與感悟。
他寫的這本書不只影響了他的孩子，也影響的後代許多的中國人。
在這本書中有一個小故事如下。
一座大城市中，有一個人學者。
這位學者讀了很多書，他覺得自己的知識非常豐富所以他很驕傲。
有一天的早上，這位學者去到市集。
這個學者想要買一頭驢子。
這個學者選了一匹驢子後就跟賣驢子的商人議價。
這個學者與商人議價完成後，這個學者就對這個商人說。
我們要執行這份買賣是否要簽訂一份正式的合約呢。
這個商人回答。
我從年輕到現在，我做生意來沒有簽訂買賣合約。
我們都是現金交易，你給我錢，我給你驢子。
如果你要簽訂合約我也可以配合，但是我必須要請一個知識很豐富的人來擬訂這份合約。我們可能今天無法進行交易。
這個學者笑著對商人說。
我就是一個知識很豐富的人，我現在可以擬定一份合約，我們大約20分鐘後就可以進行交易。
商人同意這個學者的提議，這個學者就拿出紙與中國毛筆開始擬定這份買賣合約。
20分鐘後，這個學者寫好了這份合約，他很得意地唸給這個商人聽。
這個商人聽完這個學者唸完這份合約後，他很疑惑地問這個學者。
你在這份合約中用了很多華麗的詞句與很高級的寫作技巧，你這份合約的全文總共超過一千個字。
但是我很納悶，你這份合約中為何沒有提到我們交易的物品是一頭驢子呢?
這個商人說完他的問題後，旁觀的一些路人都大笑。
這個故事也是一句中國成語，這句成語直接翻譯的意思是有一個知識很豐富的學者要買一匹驢。
這句成語被用來形容一個人的言語或文章華麗但是空泛，這個人的言語或文章中沒有明確掌握他想要表達的重點。
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。
你是否曾經為了展現自已的能力結果反而暴露出自己的愚昧呢?你的父親曾經給過你那些他所感悟到的人生箴言嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為顏氏家訓-勉學-10
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