Deceive the king(欺君罔上)/Endangering the land and harming the people(蠹國害民)
At the end of China's Ming Dynasty, there
was a famous writer called (Feng Menglong).
He wrote a collection of short stories.
This novel reflects the thoughts, feelings
and values of ordinary people at that time.
There is a story in this book that is set
in the Yuan Dynasty.
There was a scholar named (Humudi) who had
a wonderful experience. He once travelled to the Underground Kingdom, where
some evil people went after they died.
An official of the underground kingdom took
him into the depths of the underground world, where he saw a very high wall and
a very large iron gate. After entering this huge city, he saw that it was
divided into several different areas. The evil people who had died were
suffering different punishments for the crimes they had committed in their
lives.
Hu Mudi first mentioned some of the famous
treacherous and evil ministers in Chinese history. These ministers deceived the
king and did many things that harmed the country and the people while they were
alive.
These ministers framed some righteous
ministers during their lifetime. These ministers enjoyed great honour during
their lives, but after their deaths they went to this underground world. They
wore iron shackles, they were naked and had marks of whipping on their bodies,
a lot of boiling water was poured on them, they were tied to a copper pillar,
their flesh was sliced by the wind like a knife, and their flesh was shattered
by lightning. They ate hard pieces of iron, drank boiling copper and wailed in
misery and despair.
The Underground Kingdom officials told
Humudi that these evil officials would suffer like this forever.
The Underground Kingdom officials then took
Humudi to several different areas.
Hu Mudi saw many different types of evil
people suffering different punishments. Some were put into boiling water and
boiled, some were burned by high temperature fire until their bodies were
festering, and some were cut open and their internal organs dug out.
When Hu Mudi saw the tragic end of these
villains, he was deeply shocked. He said to the official who took him to the
underground kingdom, "I can no longer visit the underground kingdom. My
heart has received a great shock. Please take me back to the hall where the
king of the Underground Kingdom is. I want to end this visit.
The first idiom means to deceive the king.
The second idiom means to endanger the
country and hurt the people.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you seen things that you thought were
tragic? Have you experienced things that you thought were extremely shocking?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
欺君罔上(Deceive the king)/蠹國害民(Endangering the land and harming the people)
中國的明王朝末年，有一個著名的文學家，他的名字叫做(馮夢龍)。
他寫過一本短篇小說集。
這本小說反映了當時的老百姓的思想和感情和價值觀。
這本書中有一個故事，故事的背景在元王朝。
有一個名字叫做(胡母迪)的學者，他有一個奇妙的經歷，他曾經遊歷過一些壞人死後會去的地下的王國。
一個地下王國的官員帶著他走入到了地下世界的深處，他看到一個非常高的城牆與一扇非常大的鐵門，他走入這座巨大的城市後，他看到裡面分成好幾個不同的區域，那些死去的壞人因為他們生前所犯的罪受著各種不同的刑罰。
胡母迪首先一些中國歷史上著名的奸詐又邪惡的大臣，這些大臣生前欺瞞國王又做出許多危害國家和傷害百姓的事情。
這些大臣在他們生前陷害一些正直的大臣，這些大臣在生前享受到極大的榮耀，但這些大臣在他們死後到了這個地下的世界中，他們的身上帶著鐵枷鎖，他們光著身體然後身體上都是鞭打的痕跡，很多滾燙的水澆在他們身上，
他們被綑綁在一根銅柱上，他們的肉體被像是刀一樣的風吹成碎片，他們的肉體被雷擊成粉碎。他們吃的東西是生硬的鐵塊，他們喝的東西事滾燙的銅汁，他們發出悲慘又絕望的哀號。
地下王國的官員對胡母迪說，這些邪惡的官員將會永遠遭受這樣的苦楚。
地下王國的官員接著又帶著胡母迪到好幾個不同的區域。
胡母迪看到有很多各種不同類型的的壞人遭受到各式各樣的刑罰，有些壞人被高放入滾燙的水中烹煮，有些人被高溫的烈火燒到全身潰爛，有些人被剖開身體挖出內臟。
胡母迪看到這些壞人的悲慘的下場，他的內心覺得非常的震撼，他對帶著他參觀的地下王國的官員說，我已經無法再繼續參觀地下王國了，我的內心遭受到極大的衝擊，請你帶我回到地下王國的國王所在的大殿中，我想結束這趟參訪。
第一句成語的意思是欺騙國王。
第二句成語的意思是危害國家和傷害百姓。
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。
你看過那些令你覺得悲慘的事情呢?你曾經經歷過那些令你你覺得有極大衝擊的事件呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為喻世名言-32卷-游酆都胡母迪吟詩
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