This man vomited on the cushion in the
prime minister's carriage after being drunk(醉吐相茵)
There was a famous prime minister in
China's Western Han Dynasty, his name was Bingji.
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He has a very gentle personality and treats
his subordinates with kindness and tolerance.
After he became prime minister, when he
conducted a performance evaluation of officials in the administrative
department, he found that several senior officials had poor work skills. These
people were obviously incapable of doing their jobs.
He did not immediately dismiss these
officials. He first took the initiative to give these officials a long leave,
and then he gave these officials a preferential retirement plan. These
officials later took the initiative to apply for retirement.
Once he attended a banquet where a young
low-ranking official who helped him drive his carriage drank a lot of Chinese
rice wine.
After the banquet, the young low-ranking
official who helped him drive the carriage suddenly felt very uncomfortable
while the carriage was moving. The young low-ranking official threw up. The
young low-ranking official's vomit stained the inside of the carriage. The
whole carriage was filled with an unpleasant smell.
After this incident, a mid-level official
in the central government told Bingji.
We should immediately dismiss this young,
low-ranking official for vomiting on your carriage.
Bingji smiled and replied to the mid-level
official.
This young junior official has been doing a
good job all the time he has been driving my carriage.
If he is dismissed because of this, I think
it will leave a big stain on his record.
This stain will have a serious impact on
his future career.
I don't want to punish him severely for his
mistake this time. I want to give him another chance to correct his mistake.
The young low-ranking official later
changed his habit of drinking too much. The young official was grateful to
Bingji for being tolerant of him.
A few months later, one day, the young official
said to Bingji
My hometown is a border town in the Western
Han Dynasty, so I am particularly sensitive to some military news on the
border.
I have recently received news.The news is
that the Hun Kingdom to the north of us has been behaving abnormally lately,
and that the Hun Kingdom might attack us.
Bingji did not ignore the report from this
young lowly official.He took the initiative to learn about the border defence
preparations and to take care of them.
About a week later, at a government
meeting, the King suddenly asked several senior officials in the central
government some questions about the Western Han Dynasty's border defences.
Since Bingji had just taken the initiative
to learn about some of the border defence preparations, he immediately answered
the king's questions in full.
The king was very pleased with the content
of Class C's report.The king publicly praised Bingji and rewarded him greatly.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that the man vomited on the cushion in the prime minister's carriage after
being drunk.
It is used to describe a person who makes a
serious mistake after getting drunk.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you ever made a serious mistake
because you were drunk? If you were Bingji, how would you deal with that drunk
low-ranking official?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
醉吐相茵(This man vomited on the cushion in
the prime minister's carriage after being drunk)
中國的西漢王朝有一個著名的宰相，他的名字叫做丙吉。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他的性格非常的溫和，他用寬厚與容忍的態度對待他的下屬。
他擔任宰相的職位之後，有一次，他在進行行政部門的官員的績效考核時，他發現有幾個資深的官員的工作能力比較差，這幾個人已經很明顯的無法勝任的工作。
他沒有立刻辭退這些官員，他先主動讓這些官員放了很長的假，接著他提供這些官員一份優惠的退休計畫，這幾個官員後來就主動申請退休。
有一次，他去參加一場宴會，在這場宴會上幫他駕駛馬車的一個年輕的低階官員喝了很多中國米酒。
宴會結束後，這個幫他駕駛馬車這個年輕的低階官員在馬車行進的時候突然感到很不舒服，這個年輕的低階官員就吐了，這個年輕的低階官員的嘔吐物弄髒了馬車內的坐墊，整個馬車廂中充滿了難聞的氣味。
這件事情發生後，有一個中央政府內的中階官員對丙吉說。
我們應該立刻讓這個年輕的低階官員解職，因為這個人竟然吐在你專用的馬車上。
丙吉笑著回答這個中階官員。
這個年輕的低階官員幫我駕駛馬車的這段時間以來，他的表現都很好。
如果他因為這個事情被解職，我認為這個事情會讓他留下一個很大的汙點。
這個汙點會對他往後的職業生涯有很嚴重的影響。
我不願意因為他這次的犯錯就嚴厲的懲戒他，我想要再給他一個改正錯誤的機會。
這個年輕的低階官員後來改掉他這個喝酒不節制的習慣，這個年輕的官員很感謝丙吉對自己的寬容。
幾個月後，有一天，這個年經的低階官員對丙吉說。
我的家鄉在西漢王朝的一個邊境城市，所以我對於邊境的一些軍事消息特別的敏感。
最近我收到一個訊息，這個訊息就是我們北方的匈奴王國最近有異常的舉動，匈奴王國可能要對我們發動攻擊。
丙吉沒有忽視這個年輕的低階官員的報告，他主動去了解與關心邊境的防衛準備。
又過了大約一個禮拜，在一個的政府會議中，國王突然詢問中央政府內的幾個高級官員一些有關於西漢王朝的邊境防衛的問題。
丙吉因為剛主動了解了邊境的一些防禦準備工作，所以他立刻很完整地回答了國王所提出的問題。
國王對丙級的報告內容非常滿意，國王公開的讚美丙吉並且大大獎勵丙吉。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是這個男人喝醉酒之後吐在宰相的馬車內的坐墊上
這句成語被用來形容一個人喝醉酒後，這個人犯了很嚴重的錯誤。
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。
你曾經因為喝醉酒而犯下嚴重的錯誤嗎?你如果是丙吉，你會怎樣處置那個喝醉酒的低階官員嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為漢書-丙吉傳