A lame turtle can also walk slowly to a destination
a thousand miles away.(跛鱉千里)
There was a famous thinker during the
Warring States period in China, and his name was Xun Kuang.
He was a famous scholar who studied
Confucianism. He has many views that are different from other Confucian
scholars.
He has many disciples.
After his death, his disciples actively
spread his philosophical ideas.
Later generations of scholars and
politicians were very fond of his unique insights.
His disciples compiled the highlights of
his thought in a book that contains the following passage.
We should work hard to become a moral
person, and we should be lifelong learners. We should live with such high
ideals.
Each of us has different talents, and our
talents may be very ordinary, but we must remember that even if we are just a
lame turtle, as long as we persevere and move forward step by step every day,
one day we will reach our goal, which is thousands of miles away.
A high mountain is made up of many small
hills, and a great river is made up of many small streams. As long as we insist
on making small progress every day, we will one day achieve our lofty ideals.
As long as we set ambitious goals, we
should continue to move towards our goals every day. We should not hesitate.
We all have different talents, but I have
observed that those who can achieve their goals in life have the same habits.
These people all have positive and practical actions.
We need to know one simple truth, even if
our goal is very close, if we never move forward, we will never reach our goal.
What we have to do is simple, but if we
never start, we will never finish.
We have to motivate ourselves and we should
not be a person who stays in the same place forever without growing.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that a lame tortoise can walk slowly to a destination a thousand miles away. .
This idiom means that a person with little
talent can eventually reach his goal because of his perseverance.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you persevere in the long run? When you set
your goal, will you procrastinate out of fear or will you have the courage to
move forward immediately?
I hope this story gives you some new
insights.
跛鱉千里(A lame turtle can also walk slowly to
a destination a thousand miles away.)
中國的戰國時代有一個著名的思想家，他的名字叫做(荀況)。
他是一個研究儒家思想的著名學者，他提出了很多與其他儒家學者不同的觀點。
他有很多的學生。
他死後他的學生們積極的傳播他的哲學思想。
後代有很多的學者與政治家們都很喜歡他獨特的見解。
他的學生們將他的思想重點集結成為一本書，這本書中有一段話如下。
我們應該要努力去讓自己成為一個道德高尚的人，我們應該要做一個終身學習的人。我們應該抱持著這樣遠大的理想去生活。
我們每個人的天賦都不一樣，我們的天賦可能非常普通，但是我們必須記得，就算我們只是一隻瘸了腿的甲魚，只要我們每天堅持的一步一步地慢慢向前走，終有一天我們會到達我們那個遠達千里的目的地。
一座高山是由許多的小土堆所堆積而成，一個大河是由許多小溪匯流而成，所以只要我們堅持每天讓自己都有小小的進步，我們終有一天會達成我們遠大的理想。
我們只要訂定了遠大的目標之後，我們應該每天持續不斷地朝著我們的目標前進，我們不應該猶豫。
我們每個人的天賦都不相同，但根據我的觀察，那些可以達成自己的人生目標的人都有一個相同的習慣，這些人都有著積極且實際的行動。
我們要知道一個簡單的真理，就算我們的目的地很近，但是若是我們永遠不向前走，那麼我們永遠不可能到達我們的目的地。
我們要做的事情很簡單，但是若我們永遠不動手開始做，那麼我們永遠不可能完成這件事情。
我們要激勵自己，我們不要做一個永遠停留在原地而沒有成長的人。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一隻跛腳的鱉也可以慢慢走到一千里外的目的地。。
這句成語被用來形容一個天賦很差的人因為持續不懈所以這個人最後能夠完成自己的目標。
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。
你是否有堅持長期那件事情呢?當你確定你的目標後，你會因為恐懼拖延還是你會鼓起勇氣立刻前進呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為荀子-修身篇
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