Did you just go to Nantang?(南塘一出)
In the Western Jin Dynasty of China, there
was a famous general named Zu Ti. His story is recorded in history books.
His grandfather and father were both
officials in the Western Jin Dynasty, so their family's economic environment
was very good.
His father died when he was still a child.
He had two brothers who were many years older than him. His two brothers
inherited the family property and managed it well.
Zu Ti has a very generous and open
personality. He has his own ideas and doesn't like to follow rules.
He doesn't like to study, but he has a
sense of justice and likes to make friends.
He often takes practical action to help
some very poor people and has a high voice in his home town.
From 291 AD to 306 AD, during these 16
years, there were serious political struggles between the eight princes of the
Jin dynasty and the king of the central government, a total of nine forces, to
compete for the leadership of the central government. The Western Jin Dynasty
Politics and economics became very chaotic.
In 311 AD, the former Zhao Kingdom in
northern China captured the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty and the king of
the Western Jin Dynasty was taken prisoner.
A few months before the capital of the
Western Jin Dynasty was captured, Zu Ti realised that a great crisis was
coming, so he took the initiative to lead hundreds of people from his hometown
to leave his hometown in northern China.
During the escape, Zu Ti gave his carriage
and horses to some of the elderly and sick people in his hometown. He himself
walked with others.
He shared his family's medicine, clothes
and food with all the people in his hometown who were fleeing.
His leadership was demonstrated during the
escape, and a few weeks later they all arrived safely in Jiangsu Province in southern
China.
After Zu Ti arrived in southern China, his bold personality attracted many young people to follow him.
Due to the effects of the war in northern China, supplies and food were becoming scarce in southern China.
The young people who followed Zu Ti were impulsive and wild. These young people thought that if there was no more food, we would all starve to death. To prevent us all from starving, we must break the laws and regulations.
These young people took advantage of the
chaotic situation and went to a place called Nantang to rob.
There are a lot of rich people in Nantang,
so they got a lot of money and food by robbing people.
After Zu Ti found out, he did not blame
these young people.
Later those young men went to Nantang and
robbed this place several times.
Zu Ti said to them
Have you been to Nantang again? Remember
what I told you, it is okay to rob things, but not to hurt people's lives,
because the punishment for these two crimes is different.
Robbery will only get you a prison
sentence, but if you kill someone, you will definitely be sentenced to death.
The literal translation of this saying is
Have you just been to Nantang?
This idiom is used to describe the act of
robbery.
Dear friend, what kind of inspiration do
you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever had to evacuate because of a
disaster? Do you have an emergency evacuation plan in your home?
I hope this story gives you some new
insights.
南塘一出(Did you just go to Nantang?)
中國的西晉王朝有一個著名的名字叫做祖逖的將軍，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他的祖父與他的父親都是西晉王朝的官員所以他們家的經濟環境很好。
他的父親在他幼童的時候就死了，他有兩個哥哥，他的哥哥年紀比他大很多歲，他的兩個哥哥繼承了家中的產業並且把這些產業管理得很好。
祖逖的個性很大方而且坦率，他很有自己的想法，他不喜歡遵守規則。
他不喜歡念書，但是他很有正義感，他很喜歡交朋友。
他常常付出實際的行動去幫助一些很貧窮的人，他在他的家鄉中有很高的話語權。
西元291年到西元306年，這16年的時間內，晉王朝中的八個諸侯與中央政府的國王共九股勢力為了爭奪中央政府的領導權發生的嚴重的政治內鬥，西晉王朝的的政治與經濟都變得非常混亂。
西元311年，中國北方的前趙王國攻佔了西晉王朝的首都，西晉王朝的國王被俘虜。
在西晉王朝的首都被攻佔前幾個月，祖逖敏銳地發現巨大的危機即將到來，所以他主動帶領他的家鄉中的好幾百人離開他在中國北方的故鄉。
在這次逃難的過程中，祖逖把自己家裡馬車與馬匹給一些家鄉中的老人與病人搭乘。他自己跟著其他的百姓們一起走路。
他把他家族中所存放的藥物與衣服和糧食與所有逃難的家鄉的人們分享。
他的領導力展現在這次逃難的過程中，幾個禮拜後，他們全部安全抵達中國南方的江蘇省。
祖逖到了中國的南方之後，因為他性格豪爽又很喜歡交朋友，所以他吸引了很多年輕人來跟隨他。
由於中國北方戰爭的影響，中國南方的物資與糧食也漸漸的變的缺乏。
跟隨祖逖的這些年輕人的個性比較衝動且凶狠，這些年輕人心想，如果再沒有東西吃那麼我們大家都會餓死，為了避免我們大家都餓死，我們必須違反法律的規範。
這些年輕人就利用這混亂的情勢跑去一個地名叫作南塘的地方去搶劫。
南塘這個地方住了聚集著很多有錢人，所以這些年輕人搶劫得到了很多的錢與糧食。
祖逖知道這件事情之後，他沒有責怪這些年輕人。
這些年輕人後來去南塘這個地方搶劫了好幾次。
祖逖對這些年輕人說。
你們剛剛又去南塘了嗎?記得我跟你們說的話，搶東西可以但是不可以傷害人的性命，因為這兩種罪的刑罰不同。
強劫只會判徒刑，但是若你們殺了人那就一定會被處以死刑。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思你們剛去南塘嗎。
這句成語被用來形容搶劫這個行為。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有什麼樣的或有什麼樣的啟發呢。
你曾經因為災禍而緊急逃難嗎?你家中是否有準備緊急逃難的計畫呢?
我希望這個故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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