During the Warring States Period in China,
there was a very clever and smart minister in the Kingdom of Chu. His name was
Chun Yu Kun. There is a story about him recorded in history books.
In 371 BC, the Kingdom of Chu sent a
powerful army to attack the Kingdom of Qi.
When the King of Qi heard the news, he
decided to send Chunyu Kun to ask the King of Zhao to send troops to help him
fight against the attack of Chu.
Chunyu Kun completed the order smoothly,
and the king of Qi held a small banquet to entertain Chunyu Kun.
After the banquet began, the king said to
Chunyu Kun:
Today is truly a memorable day because you
successfully persuaded the Kingdom of Zhao to send troops to assist us and
saved us from being attacked by the Kingdom of Chu.
We are going to celebrate happily today and
drink as much as we can. If you are not drunk then our party will not end.
How much wine do you think I should order
the servants to prepare? How much wine do you usually drink to get drunk?
Chunyu Kun said to the king with a smile.
The amount of wine I drink varies depending
on the occasion.
When I attend formal state banquets, I get
nervous when I see that everyone around me attending is an important minister
of the country.
In this case, I would probably get drunk
after drinking two liters of alcohol.
When I attend a formal family dinner, I
have to show my politeness and upbringing at all times, and I feel very
restrained. In this case, I would probably drink four liters of wine to get
drunk.
When I attend a party with good friends,
these friends are all familiar to me and we have many common topics and
interests, so I feel very relaxed.
In this case, I would probably get drunk
after drinking ten liters of alcohol.
When I participated in the celebrations in
my hometown, I played games and drank with my neighbors and good friends. We
had no time pressure and no one to restrain our noise.
In this case, I would probably drink
sixteen liters of alcohol before getting drunk.
I would drink 20 liters of wine sometimes,
but this only happened a few times, and those times were when I was attending
celebrations in my hometown.
Those activities were very lively. I had a
lot of fun chatting with my friends in my hometown. We ate for several hours.
The cups and plates on our table were very messy. My friends and I were very
happy. We drank non-stop until we finished all the wine we had prepared.
I remember being very drunk on those
occasions, and I also remember feeling very uncomfortable the next day after I
sobered up after drinking too much.
When I think back on it, I realize I drank
over 20 liters of alcohol.
As I get older, I have reduced the
frequency and amount of my drinking. I think I should be moderate and not
indulge myself too much.
After Chunyu Kun had said these words, he paused and said to the king with a smile
I am sharing with you my experience and knowledge about drinking. I hope we won't drink too much today. I don't want to get drunk.
After hearing Chunyu Kun's words, the king
also replied with a smile.
No problem, I respect your opinion, let's
not drink too much at this small celebration party today.
The direct translation of this idiom means
that the cups and plates on the table are very messy. .
This idiom is used to describe the messy
scene on the table after a meal.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you get after listening to this story?
Have you ever been drunk? What is your
current record for the highest number of drinks you have consumed in a single
session?
I hope this story can bring you some new
insights.
杯盤狼藉(The cups and plates on the table are very messy)
中國的戰國時代的楚王國有一位很機智聰明的大臣，他的名字叫做(淳于髡)，歷史書上記載了一個關於他的故事。
西元前371年楚王國派出一支強大的軍隊攻打齊王國。
齊王國的國王聽到這個消息後，他決定派遣一個淳于髡去向趙王國的國王請求派遣軍隊來協助自己一起對抗楚王國的攻擊。
淳于髡很順利的完成了項任務。
齊王國的國王舉辦一場小型的宴會宴請淳于髡。
宴會開始之後國王對淳于髡說
今天真的是值得紀念的一天，因為你成功地讓趙王國派出軍隊協助我們讓我們沒有遭受到楚王國的攻擊。
我們今天要開心的慶祝，我們要盡情地喝酒，如果你沒有喝醉那麼我們這場宴會就不結束。
你認為我要命令僕人們準備多少酒呢?你通常喝多少酒會喝醉呢?
淳于髡微笑著對國王說。
根據各種不同的場合我喝的酒的份量也不同。
我參加正式的國宴時，當我看到我周圍每個參加的每個人都是國家中重要的大臣時我就會感到很緊張。
在這種情況下我大概喝兩公升的酒會喝醉，
我參加正式的家宴時，我必須要隨時表現出我的禮貌與教養，我會感到很拘謹。這種情況下我大概喝四公升的酒會喝醉。
我參加與好朋友的聚會時，這些朋友都跟我很熟識而且我們有很多共同的話題與興趣，所以我會感覺很放鬆。
這種情況下我大概喝十公升的酒會喝醉。
我參加家鄉中的慶典時，我與家鄉中的鄰居和好朋友們一起遊戲一起喝酒，我們沒有時間的壓力也沒有人約束我們的叫吵鬧聲。
這種情況下我大概喝十六公升的酒會喝醉。
我有時候會喝到20公升的酒，這種特殊的情況只發生幾次，那幾次都是我參加家鄉中慶典的時候。
那幾次的活動特別熱鬧，我與我在家鄉中的朋友們聊天聊得特別開心。
我們吃飯吃了好幾個小時，我們的餐桌上的杯子與盤子非常的凌亂，我與我的朋友們不停地喝酒，我們把所有我們所準備的酒都喝光了。
那幾次我都醉得很厲害，我記得喝過量的酒的隔天清醒後會覺得非常不舒服。
我事後回想了一下，我發現我喝了超過20公升的酒。
隨著我的年紀愈來愈大，我現在喝酒的次數與份量都已經減少了很多，我認為我應該要有所節制，我不應該過分地放縱自己喝太多酒。
淳于髡說完這些話後他停頓了一下，他微笑著對國王說。
我把我喝酒的經驗與心得跟你分享，我希望我們今天不要喝酒的分量適當就好，我不想要喝酒喝到醉。
國王聽到淳于髡的話後也笑著回答。
沒問題，我尊重你的意見，我們在今天這場小型慶功宴中不要喝太多酒。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是桌上的杯盤非常的凌亂。。
這句成語被用來形容用餐後桌子上非常雜亂的情景。
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。
你曾經喝醉過嗎?你目前的單次飲酒數量的最高紀錄是喝了多少數量的酒呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-滑稽列傳
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