A person will only want to pursuit of honor and avoid shame if he does not have to worry about daily necessities.(衣食足而知榮辱)
A person will only want to pursuit of honor
and avoid shame if he does not have to worry about daily necessities.(衣食足而知榮辱)
During the Spring and Autumn Period in
China, there was a famous minister in the Qi Kingdom. His name was Guan Zhong.
He helped the king of the Qi Kingdom to
become the most powerful kingdom in terms of military might and national power
in the contemporary era. He wrote a book explaining his philosophy of ruling
the country.
There is a story in this book that goes
like this.
The king of the Qi Kingdom asked Guan
Zhong.
How can I improve the quality of the people
of Qi Kingdom?
Guan Zhong replied.
If a kingdom has abundant food and the people
in that kingdom do not have to worry about filling their stomachs, then the
people in that kingdom will want to observe etiquette and obey the rules.
If a kingdom has abundant supplies and the
people in that kingdom do not have to worry about their daily needs, then the
people in that kingdom will want to pursue honour and avoid shame.
The king of the Kingdom of Qi asked Guan
Zhong.
How can I make the Qi Kingdom stronger?
Most of the people in Qi Kingdom are
farmers, so the first thing we need to do now is to take care of the people's
needs in agricultural production and help them solve the problems they face in
farming.
If the people are rich, we can collect
enough taxes.
If we can get enough taxes, we will have
enough money to reserve enough food and materials and to do more construction.
If we do these things well, we will have
the foundation to become stronger.
After listening to Guan Zhong's words, the
King of Qi expressed his strong agreement.
The King of Qi fully authorised Guan Zhong
to lead the Qi Kingdom according to his own ideas and methods. The Qi Kingdom
later became the most powerful kingdom at that time.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that a person will pursuit of honor and avoid shame only if he does not have to
worry about his daily needs.
It is used to remind us that we must first
meet the most basic needs of food and clothing for a person's survival before
they can pursue their own spiritual and moral growth.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What is the economic situation like in your
country? What things in your life do you really need?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
衣食足而知榮辱((A person will only want to pursue
honour and avoid shame if he does not have to worry about daily necessities.)
中國的春秋時代，齊王國有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做管仲。
他協助齊王國的國王成為當代武力與國力最強大的王國，他寫過一本書，他在書中分享他治理國家的理念。
這本書中有一段敘述如下。
齊王國的國王問管仲。
我要怎樣提高齊王國的人民的素養呢?
管仲回答。
一個王國如果有很充裕的糧食，這個王國中的人民不用在為了填飽肚子而煩惱時，這個王國中的人民才會想要遵守禮儀與服從規則。
一個王國如果有很充裕的物資，這個王國中的人民不用在為了日常所需而煩惱時，這個王國中的人民才會想要追求榮譽與避免羞恥。
齊王國的國王問管仲。
我要怎樣才能讓齊王國變的強大呢?
齊王國中的大部分百姓都是農民，因此我們目前要做的第一件事情就是關心人民在農業生產方面的需要，協助人民解決他們在耕作上面會遇到的問題。
當百姓富有，我們才能徵收到足夠的稅金。
當我們可以收到足夠的稅金後，我們也才會有足夠的金錢去儲備足夠的糧食與物資並且進行更多的建設。
當我們做好這些事，我們才有變得更強大的基礎。
齊王國的國王聽完管仲的話後表示極度的認同。
齊王國的國王充分的授權給管仲，讓管仲按照自己的理念與方法去管理齊王國，齊王國後來成為當時最強大的王國。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一個人只有在他不用在為了日常所需而煩惱時，這個人才會想要追求榮譽與避免羞恥。
這句成語與被用來提醒我們必須要先滿足一個人生存下去的最基本的衣食需求之後這個人才會追求自已的精神與道德層面的成長。
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。
你的國家中的經濟狀況如何呢?你的生活中有那些物品是你絕對需要的呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為管仲-管子-牧民