Liu Zongyuan(柳宗元)
Liu Zongyuan (773-819 A.D.)
His surname is (Liu), the name his parents gave him is (Zongyuan), the name his friends called him as an adult is (Zihou), and he was born in Shanxi Province, China.
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柳 |
It means willow tree. It is also one of the Chinese family names. |
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宗 |
It means the meaning of ancestors. It is also one of the Chinese surnames. |
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元 |
It means the beginning. It means head. It is also one of the Chinese surnames. |
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子 |
It means baby. It is also one of the Chinese surnames. |
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厚 |
It means thick. It is also a Chinese surname. |
He is an outstanding writer. He was one of
the most important literary figures in China's Tang Dynasty.
He likes to convey profound truths through
simple stories. He wrote the following story.
There is a small insect called (蝜蝂).
This little insect leaves its home every
day to look for some edible food outside.
When this little insect sees food it likes,
it carries it on its back.
This small insect is very greedy. If it
sees a lot of food it likes when it goes out, it carries all the food on its
back.
One day I saw a small insect like this in
the wild. I saw that it was carrying a lot of food on its body, and it was
crawling very slowly.
I reached out and took the food off the
little bug's back.
The movements of this little bug suddenly
became very agile. I could feel that this little bug, who was originally
carrying a heavy burden, became relaxed and happy, and this little bug began to
crawl quickly.
I was very happy that I had helped this
little bug and I stayed by it and continued to watch it.
I didn't expect that after less than a
minute of relaxation the little bug would start carrying food on its back
again.
There was plenty of food in the small patch
of land in front of me for the little bug to eat. Five minutes later, the
little insect was carrying a lot of food on its back, more than it could carry.
I looked at the little insect with pity. It
was completely immobilised by the weight it was carrying on its back, but it
was unwilling to give up the food it was carrying.
About half an hour later, I saw that the
little bug had been crushed to death by the food it was carrying.
Liu Zongyuan wrote down his feelings about
this incident.
How stupid this little beetle is.
But we observe many people around us, even
ourselves.
Aren't most of the people around us just
like that little beetle?
Every day we think only of how to get more
wealth, power or other tangible material pleasures.
We refuse to give up what we have already
gained, and we hold on to these things tightly, refusing to let go until we
die.
But do these things really help us in our
lives?
Even though our bodies are bigger than that
little beetle, is our wisdom higher than that little beetle?
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How long has it been since you have
examined or thought about your goals in life? What is of real value to you?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
柳宗元(Liu Zongyuan)
柳宗元(西元773年-西元819年)
他的姓是(柳)，他的父母給他取的名字是(宗元)，他成年後朋友稱呼他的名字是(子厚)，他出生地位於在中國的山西省。
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柳 |
意思是柳樹的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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宗 |
意思是祖先的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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元 |
意思是開始的意思。意思是頭的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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子 |
意思是嬰兒的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
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厚 |
意思是厚的意思。也是中國人的姓氏之一。 |
他是一位傑出的文學家。他是中國唐朝最重要的文壇領袖之一。
他喜歡透過簡單的故事去傳達深刻的道理，他寫過一個故事如下。
有一種名字叫做(蝜蝂)的小蟲。
這種小蟲每天都會離開牠的家到外面找一些可以吃的食物。
當這種小蟲看到牠喜歡吃的食物時牠就會把這些食物揹在自己的背上。
這種小蟲非常的貪心，如果牠外出時看到有很多牠喜歡吃的食物，牠就會把所有的食物都揹在自已的背上。
有一天，我在野外看到一隻這種小蟲，我看到這隻小蟲的身上已經揹著非常多的食物，這隻小蟲爬的速度非常緩慢。
我伸手把這隻小蟲牠揹著的食物從牠背上拿走。
這隻小蟲子的動作突然變得非常的敏捷，我感覺這隻小蟲從原本的揹負重擔變成輕鬆愉快，這隻小蟲開始快速地爬行。
我很開心我幫了這隻小蟲，我待在這隻小蟲的旁邊繼續觀察這隻小蟲。
我沒想到這隻小蟲在輕鬆不到一分鐘後又開始背食物到自己的背上。
在我面前的這塊範圍小小的地上有很多這隻小蟲喜歡吃的食物，這隻小蟲在五分鐘後又在自己的背上揹上許多超過自己的能力所能負擔的食物。
我悲憫地看這著這隻小蟲，這隻小蟲被牠所揹著的食物壓到完全無法行走，但這隻小蟲不願意丟棄牠所揹著的食物。
大概半個小時後，我看到這隻小蟲已經被牠所揹著的食物壓死了。
柳宗元寫下他看到這件事情的感悟。
這隻小蟲是多麼的愚昧啊。
但是我們觀察自已身邊的許多人甚至是我們自已。
我們周圍大部分的人們的行為不也是都跟這隻小蟲一樣嗎。
我們每天都只想著如何獲得更多的財富，權力或者其他有形的物質享受。
我們不肯放棄任何一點已經得到的東西，我們一直緊緊的抓住這些東西不肯放手直到我們死去。
但是這些東西真對我們的生活有幫助嗎?
我們的身體雖然比這隻小蟲子巨大，但是我們的智慧有比這隻小蟲子更高嗎?
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。
你有多久沒有檢視或者反省自己的生命目標了呢?對你而言真正有價值的東西是什麼呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為唐-柳宗元-蝜蝂傳
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