Continuously playing string instruments and
reciting poetry(絃歌不惙)
The famous philosopher (Zhuang Zhou) of
China's Warring States Period wrote a story in his book.
Confucius was a famous wise man in China's
Spring and Autumn Period. He was the founder of the Confucian culture. He had
more than 3,000 disciples.
He was born in the Kingdom of Lu. Because
the king of the Kingdom of Lu did not trust him, his political ideals could not
be implemented in the Kingdom of Lu, so he left the Kingdom of Lu with some of
his disciples when he was 55 years old.
In the 14 years after he left the Lu
Kingdom, he travelled to many other kingdoms in China at that time.
One day he went to the Wei Kingdom with his
disciples and they stayed in a hotel.
The people of the Wei Kingdom mistook
Confucius for a vicious bandit, and these people asked the army of the Wei
Kingdom to help them arrest Confucius.
That night, a group of soldiers from the
Wei Kingdom surrounded the hotel where Confucius and his disciples were
staying.
Confucius was staying in a hotel with his
disciples. He was very calm. He and his students were playing a string
instrument and reciting poems.
One of Confucius' students felt a little
scared, so the student said to Confucius.
The hotel where we are staying is
surrounded by many soldiers who want to arrest you.
We students are all worried about this
situation, but why are you still able to maintain a calm and happy mood?
Confucius smiled and said to the student.
I don't want to live in poverty, but so far
in my life I have not been able to escape poverty. I think it is my destiny.
I have high political ideals, but so far in
my life I have not had the opportunity to put my political ideas into practice.
I think this is because I have not had good opportunities.
But I have never complained about my
destiny and the lack of good opportunities in my life. I bravely accepted
various realistic situations and faced all the difficulties I encountered.
I believe that a person with outstanding
intelligence and high moral character should remain relaxed and happy in the
face of various difficulties and dangers. A person with outstanding
intelligence and high moral character should always remain calm and relaxed. A
person of outstanding intelligence and high moral character should learn to
accept fate calmly.
After answering the student's question,
Confucius happily led his students in playing string instruments and reciting
poetry.
After about an hour, the military leaders
who had surrounded the hotel entered to see Confucius.
The military leader said to Confucius
You look very much like a wanted criminal
called Yang Hu in our country, so people have misunderstood you.
We have found out the truth and I will
order the troops to withdraw now. I am sorry to have caused you trouble.
The literal translation of this idiom is to
keep playing string instruments and reciting poetry.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
is constantly learning.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
How do you face the various difficulties
you encounter in life? What kind of personality do you hope to cultivate?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
絃歌不惙(Continuously playing string
instruments and reciting poetry)
中國的戰國時代的著名的哲學家(莊周)在他的書中寫過一個故事。
孔子是中國的春秋時代的著名的智者，他是儒家文化的創始者，他有超過3000個學生。
他出生在魯王國，由於魯王國的國王不信任他，他的政治理想沒有辦法在魯王國實踐，因此他在55歲的時候帶著一些他的學生一起離開魯王國。
在離開魯王國之後的14年間，他遊歷地當時中國的許多其他王國。
有一天，他與他的學生一起到了衛王國，他們入住一間飯店。
衛王國的人民把孔子誤認為一個兇惡的強盜，這些百姓請求衛王國的軍隊協助他們逮捕孔子。
當天晚上，一群衛王國的軍人包圍了孔子與他的學生所住的飯店。
孔子與他的學生待在飯店中，他的態度非常平靜，他帶著他的學生們一起彈奏著當時的一種弦樂器一邊吟詩。
孔子的一個學生感到有點恐懼，所以這個學生就對孔子說。
我們所住的飯店已經被很多軍人包圍，這些軍人想要逮捕你。
我們這些學生都為這個情況感到擔憂，但為何你還能夠保持著平靜與快樂的心情呢?
孔子微笑這對這個學生說。
我不想要生活貧困，但是我這一生到現在為止都尚且無法脫離貧困的狀態，我認為這就是我的命運啊。
我有崇高的政治理想，但是我這一生到目前為止都尚且沒有機會實踐我的政治主張，我認為這是因為我沒有遇到好的機會。
但是我這一生都沒有埋怨我的命運與我沒有遇到好的機會，我勇敢地接受現實的各種情況並面對我所遭遇的一切困難。
我認為一個智慧卓越且品德高超的人在遭遇到各種麻煩的事情與各種危險的時候都應該保持輕鬆與愉快，一個智慧卓越且品德高超的人應該隨時保持平靜與自在。一個智慧卓越且品德高超的人應該學會坦然的接受命運的安排。
孔子回答完這個學生的問題後，他繼續快樂地帶著他的學生們一起彈奏弦樂器一邊吟詩。
過了大概一個小時，包圍住飯店的軍人領導進到飯店內見孔子。
這個軍人領導對孔子說。
你跟我們國內有一個名叫陽虎的通緝犯長得很像，所以百姓們誤會了。
我們已經查明了事實的真相，我現在就會下令撤退軍隊，我很抱歉造成你的困擾。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思持續地演奏弦樂器與吟詩。
這句成語被用來形容一個人持續不斷地學習。
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。
你如何面對生活中遇見的各種困難呢?你希望培養自己成為一個怎樣個性的人呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為莊子-秋水-9