Zeng Shen killed a pig he had raised(曾參殺彘)
曾
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The meaning of increase is also one of
the Chinese surnames.
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參
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Join meaning
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子
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The meaning of a child
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輿
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The meaning of car or territory
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Zeng Shen was one of the 72 best disciples
of Confucius. He was an important representative of the Confucian school.
There is a story about him recorded in
history books.
One day his wife went to the market to buy
vegetables.
Zeng Shen's five-year-old son was crying
and said to his mother.
I want to go to the market with my mother.
Zeng Shen's wife said to her five-year-old
son.
Mummy is going to the market and will be
back soon.
If you stay at home obediently, after I
return from the market, I will kill the pig we raised at home and cook
delicious pork for you to eat in the evening.
More than two hours later, when Zeng Shen's
wife came home, she saw Zeng Shen sharpening a knife and preparing to kill the
pig they had raised at home. Zeng Shen's wife was shocked and said to Zeng Shen
What are you doing? Are you going to kill
the pig we raised at home?
Zeng Shen replied.
Yes, I'm going to kill this pig. Because
our son said to me: Mom told me that when she came back from going to the
market to buy vegetables, she would kill the pig and cook delicious pork for me
to eat.
Zeng Shen's wife quickly told Zeng Shen.
IThe statement that I will kill the pig is
a lie, because our child was crying, and I told him that lie to stop him
crying.
Zeng Shen said seriously to his wife.
Our child believes in your promise to him,
and he believes that you will definitely do what you have promised him.
In the process of developing a child's
personality, the parent's influence is the most important.
Suppose you are our child and you trust
your mother, but your mother violates your trust and your mother deceives you.
Will you continue to believe what your mother says?
Even though this pig is a very important
asset for our family, if I kill this pig now, it will cause us a lot of loss,
but I still want to kill this pig.
Because I think the most important thing is
for our children to trust us and be willing to learn from us, and for our
children to develop an honest and dedicated personality.
After Zeng Shen's wife heard what Zeng Shen
said, she did not stop Zeng Shen from killing her pig.
This story is also an idiom. The literal
translation of this saying is that Zeng Shen killed a pig he had raised.
It is used to describe a person who is very
trustworthy.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you agree with Zeng Shen's view? Do you
not make promises easily, but you will keep them as long as you promise?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
曾參殺彘(Zeng Shen killed a pig he had raised)
曾
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增加的意思，也是中國人的姓氏之一。
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參
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加入的意思
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子
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小孩子的意思
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輿
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車子或是疆域的意思
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曾參是孔子的72個最優秀的學生之一，他是儒家學派的重要代表人物。
歷史書上記載過一個關於他的故事。
有一天，他的妻子要去市場買菜。
曾參五歲的兒子哭著對他的母親說。
我想要跟媽媽一起去菜市場。
曾參的妻子對她五歲的孩子說。
媽媽去一下市場很快就會回家。
如果你你乖乖待在家裡，我從市場回來後就把家裡養的那隻豬殺了，晚上煮好吃的豬肉給你吃。
兩個多小時後，曾參的妻子回家時，看到曾參正磨著刀子準備把他們家裡養的那隻豬殺了，曾參的妻子嚇了一跳，她對曾參說。
你在幹什麼呢?你要殺我們家裡養的這隻豬嗎?
曾參回答。
對，我要殺了這隻豬。因為我們的兒子對我說:媽媽告訴我，她去市場買菜回來後，要殺了這隻豬然後煮好吃的豬肉給我吃。
曾參的妻子連忙對曾參說。
我要殺了豬這句話是一個謊言。因為我們的孩子哭鬧，我為了不讓他哭鬧所以我才說這個謊言騙他。
曾參很嚴肅的對他的妻子說。
我們的孩子相信你對他的這個承諾，他認為你已經答應他的事情你一定會做到。
在一個小孩的人格養成過程中，父母親的影響是最重要的。
假設你是我們的孩子，你信任你的母親但是你的母親違背的你的信任，你的母親欺騙了你，那麼你以後還會相信你的母親所說的話嗎?
這個豬雖然很是我們家裡很重要的資產，我現在殺了這隻豬會造成我們很大的損失，但是我還要要殺了這隻豬。
因為我認為，讓我們的孩子信任我們並且願意跟我們學習，讓我們的孩子養成一個誠實而且信守承諾的人格才是最重要的。
曾參的妻子聽完曾參的話後，她就不再阻止曾參把他們家養的這隻豬殺了。
這個故事也是一句成語，這句成語直接翻譯的意思是曾參殺了一隻他家養的豬。
這句成語被用來形容一個人很講信用。
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。
你是否認同曾參的看法呢?你是否不會輕易的許諾，但是只要承諾就會去完成呢。
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為韓非子-外儲說左上
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