If someone stares at him, he will take
revenge on the person who stared at him.(睚眥必報)
During the Warring States Period in China,
there was a famous prime minister in the Qin Kingdom named Fan Sui.
There is a story about him in the history
books.
He was born in the Kingdom of Wei, and when
he was young, he worked as a staff officer in the central government of the
Kingdom of Wei.
During his tenure as a staff officer, he
was falsely accused of passing important information from the Kingdom of Wei to
the Kingdom of Qi.
The Prime Minister of Wei was very angry
when he heard the news, so he ordered the soldiers of Wei to beat him. His ribs
were broken and his teeth knocked out. He was covered in blood and fell into a
coma.
When he regained consciousness, he found
himself wrapped in a straw mat and lying in the toilet, his body covered in
urine.
He was very clever. He immediately judged
that he must have fallen into a deep coma, so that the soldiers who had beaten
him mistook him for dead. After these soldiers reported to the Prime Minister
of the Kingdom of Wei, the Prime Minister ordered the soldiers to wrap him in a
straw mat and throw him in the toilet.
He said to a minor official guarding the
toilet
I'm dying and I still have a lot of money.
I can give you all my money.
You can have all my money if you do one
very simple thing.
asked the junior official.
What do you want me to do?
he said to the junior official.
All you have to do is report to the Prime
Minister that I am dead and ask him if he wants to take my body to the cemetery
outside the city and dispose of it.
If the Prime Minister replies that you can
take my body out of the city and dispose of it, then you can take the official
document that the Prime Minister gives you and take me to the cemetery outside
the city in an oxcart.
If I have a chance of surviving, I will
give you all the money in my house. I still want to live, and I beg you to help
me.
After hearing what Fan Ju had said, the
minor official said to him
You are so pitiful. I don't think you'll
live long. I am willing to do you this favour.
Fan Ju later changed his name and found a
way to escape to the Qin Kingdom. Due to his outstanding talents, he later
became the Prime Minister of the Qin Kingdom.
Fan Ju helped the King of Qin with many
political reforms and made many important strategic plans. He made the Qin
Kingdom very powerful.
According to historical records, Fan Ju had
two very simple principles in life.
As long as someone helps him, he will
always return the favour, even if it is just a meal.
If someone insulted him, he would take
revenge, even if that person just glared at him.
When the Prime Minister of Wei heard that
he had become the Prime Minister of Qin, he fled Wei for fear of Fan Ju's
revenge. When Fan Ju heard that the Prime Minister of Wei had fled, he still
tried to hunt down the Prime Minister of Wei. Later, the Prime Minister of Wei
committed suicide because he could not escape the hunt. It was only after the
death of the Prime Minister of Wei that Fan Ju calmed his resentment.
The literal translation of this saying is
that if someone stares at him, he will take revenge on the person who stared at
him.
It is used to describe a person with a
narrow mind.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What has ever made you want to take
revenge? Do you have a grudge against someone right now?
I hope this story will give you some new
insights.
睚眥必報(If someone stares at him, he will
take revenge on the person who stared at him.)
中國的戰國時代，秦王國有一個著名的宰相，他的名字叫做(范睢)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他出生在魏王國，在他年輕的時候他曾經在魏王國的中央政府內擔任一個參謀的工作。
在他擔任參謀的期間他被誣陷將魏王國的重要情報洩漏給齊王國。
魏王國的宰相聽到這個消息後就很生氣，所以魏王國的宰相命令魏王國的士兵們打他，他的肋骨被打斷而且牙齒被打掉，他全身是血他陷入昏迷。
等他又恢復意識的時候，他發現自己身上被一條草蓆包裹著，他躺在廁所裡面，他的身上沾滿了尿液。
他很聰明，他立刻判斷自己應該是陷入重度昏迷，所以打他的士兵們誤認為已經死了，這些打他士兵向魏王國的宰相報告後，宰相命令這些士兵用一條草蓆包裹他然後把他丟在廁所裡。
他對一個看守廁所的小官吏說。
我已經快死了，我還有很多錢，我可以把我所有的錢都給你。
只要你做一件很簡單的事，你就可以得到我所有的錢。
那個小官吏問。
你要我做甚麼事呢?
他對那個小官吏說。
你只要向宰相報告說我已經死了，你問宰相是否要把我的屍體運到城外的墳場丟棄。
如果宰相回答說你可以把我的屍體運到城外丟棄，那麼你就可以拿著宰相給你的公文用一台牛車把我載到城外的墳場。
我如果有機會活下去，我會把我家中所有的錢都給你，我還想活下去，我懇求你幫助我。
那個小官吏聽完范雎的話後就對他說。
你太可憐了，我認為你已經活不了多久了，我願意幫你這個忙。
范雎後來改了一個名字並想辦法潛逃到秦王國，由於他有著非常卓越的才能，後來他成了秦王國的宰相。
范雎協助秦王國的國王進行的很多政治改革，並且提出了很多重要的戰略規劃，他讓秦王國變得非常強大。
根據歷史書的紀載，范雎做人有兩個很簡單的原則。
只要有幫助他的人，就算這個人只請他吃過一頓飯他也一定會回報。
只要有冒犯他的人，就算這個人只瞪過他一眼他也一定會報仇。
魏王國的宰相聽到他成為秦王國的宰相後，因為恐懼范雎的報復，他後來久就逃離魏王國，范雎聽到魏王國的宰相逃走後仍舊一直想辦法追殺魏王國的宰相，後來魏王國的宰相因為無法逃脫追殺而自殺，魏王國的宰相死後范雎才平復了自己的怨恨。
這句成語直些翻譯的意思是被他被別人瞪一眼後，他就會報復那個瞪他的人。
這句成語被用來形容一個人的心胸狹小。
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。
你曾經因為什麼事情而產生報復的想法呢?你目前是否有怨恨誰呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-卷79-范雎列傳
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