An unsatisfied man is like a python trying
to swallow an elephant.(人心不足蛇吞象)
There were many playwrights who wrote many
plays during China's Yuan Dynasty, but it is currently unknown who wrote some
of the famous and well-known plays.
There is one play from the Yuan Dynasty
whose author is unknown. The theme of this play is to remind us that if a
person does bad things, he will definitely get bad results, and if a person
does good things, he will definitely get good results. Sometimes that result
may not come in the generation we are living in, but it may come in our next
life after reincarnation.
There is a poem in this play, and the
general meaning of the poem is as follows.
We cannot decide what we will gain or lose,
whether we will be rich or poor.
Sometimes we try all kinds of ways to get
everything, but in the end we cannot get what we want.
An unsatisfied person is like a python
trying to swallow an elephant.
We are busy with many things, but in the
end we are not the ones who benefit.
There is no medicine in the world that can
prolong someone's life.
Even a very rich man cannot use money to
make his children and grandchildren have a noble character.
When we are in poverty, we should remain
calm and comfortable and live our lives without stress and burden.
The literal translation of this saying is
that an unsatisfied person is like a python trying to swallow an elephant.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
has a strong desire for money or power and is never satisfied. .
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you get after listening to this story?
Do you see yourself as a greedy person?
What kind of life do you want to lead?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
人心不足蛇吞象(An unsatisfied man is like a
python trying to swallow an elephant.)
中國的元王朝有很多劇作家寫了很多戲劇，但其中有些著名且為大眾所熟悉劇作目前已經不知道是誰所創作出來的。
有一部不知道作者是誰的元王朝的劇作，這部劇作的主題是提醒我們一個人做壞事之後一定得到壞的結果，一個人做好事之後一定會得到好的結果。這個結果有時候不適發生在我們活著的這一代，這個結果可能會反映在我們輪迴之後的下一個人生中。
這部劇作中有一首詩，這首詩的大概意思如下。
我們可以得到什麼或是失去什麼、我們會有錢或是貧窮並無法由我們自己決定。
我們有時候想盡各種方法想要得到一切，但是我們最後卻無法如我們所願。
一個不滿足的人就像是一隻蟒蛇想要吞下一頭大象。
很多事情我們忙到最後，得到利益的卻不是我們自己
這世界上沒有一種藥物可以任一個人延長自己的壽命。
一個非常有錢的人也無法用錢讓自己的孩子與孫子具備高尚的品德。
我們在貧窮的狀態時應該保持心情坦然與自在，我們應該讓我們自已的人生過得沒有壓力與負擔。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思一個不滿足的人就像是一隻蟒蛇想要吞下一頭大象。
這句成語被用來形容一個人對於金錢或是權力有著強烈的慾望，這個人永遠不滿足。。
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。
你認為自己是一個貪心的人嗎? 你希望過一個怎樣的人生呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為元-無名氏-冤家債主/01楔子