Standing and sitting, eating and drinking(起居飲食)
There was a famous poet in China's Tang
Dynasty. His name was Li He and he died at the age of 27.
According to a preface to his collection of
poems, it was only published 15 years after his death.
This preface records what he said to a good
friend called (Shen Ziming) before he died.
I am dying, I have no wife, son or
daughter, and you are my best friend. I now give you all the poems and sketches
I have ever made in my life.
I hope you will publish a book of my poems
for me after I die.
Shen Ziming agreed to Li He with tears in
his eyes.
After Li He's death, Shen Ziming didn't
publish the book of poems immediately.
He prepared it slowly, but as Shen Ziming's
work became busier and busier, Shen Ziming gradually forgot about it.
In 831 AD, 15 years after Li He's death,
(Shen Ziming) returned home one night after attending a banquet. He had drunk a
lot of wine, so he fell asleep as soon as he got home.
Shen Ziming felt thirsty in the middle of
the night, so he got up to drink some water. After he drank the water, he went
back to bed. He lay in bed for about ten minutes, but he couldn't fall asleep.
He felt very awake so he got up and went into his study.
He wanted to find some books to read in his
study and he saw a wooden box in the corner that had not been opened for a long
time. After opening the box, he saw the poems and drafts Li He had written
during his lifetime.
When he saw the poems written by Li He, his
thoughts immediately went back to his youth.
At that time, he lived with Li He. They
were in the same house in the morning and slept in the same house at night.
They ate and drank together almost every day.
He and Li He were both in their twenties at
the time, full of fantasies and hopes for the future.
He thought back to the months after Li He's
illness, and he thought back to the sadness he felt after Li He's death.
He remembered that Li He had given him
these poems before he died, and he remembered the promise he had made to Li He.
He found that he had actually forgotten
about it, and he felt very sorry.
He said to himself.
Fortunately, I thought about it again
tonight, and I will find a way to publish this collection of poems written by
Li He as soon as possible.
Li He is an imaginative and romantic poet,
and his poems should be known by more people.
Shen Ziming began to work on it that night.
He thought that if the book was to be published, it would be best if a famous
person wrote a preface for the collection of poems. He thought of a good friend
of his named Du Mu in the central government.
Du Mu's grandfather had once been Prime
Minister of the Tang Dynasty. Many of Du Mu's family members held important
positions in the central government. Most importantly, Du Mu was also a famous
poet.
At Shen Ziming's repeated request, Du Mu
later took on the task of writing the preface for Li He's collection of poems.
Fifteen years after Li He's death, his
collection of poems was published and distributed in the capital of the Tang
dynasty.
The literal translation of this idiom means
standing and sitting, drinking and eating.
It is used to refer to all the things a
person has to do in daily life.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you get after listening to this story?
Is there something you have been putting
off for a long time? What do you think is the most important thing in your
life?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
起居飲食(Standing and sitting, eating and
drinking)
中國的唐王朝一個著名的詩人，這個詩人的名字叫做李賀，他只活了27歲就過世了。
根據他的詩集中的一篇序，我們得知他的詩集在他死後15年才出版。
這篇序中記載他臨死之前對給他的一個名字叫做(沈子明)的好朋友說。
我已經要死了，我沒有妻子也沒有兒子與女兒，你是我最好的朋友，我現在把我這輩子中所有創作出來的詩與所有的草稿都交給你。
我希望在我死後你可以為我出版一本我的詩集。
沈子明流著眼淚答應李賀。
李賀死後，沈子明沒有立刻出版這本詩集。
他慢慢地準備，但隨著沈子明的工作愈來愈忙，沈子明就漸漸地忘記了這件事。
西元831年，李賀已經死了15年後的某一天的晚上，(沈子明)參加一場宴會後回到家，他喝了很多酒所以他回到家後倒頭就睡。
沈子明睡到半夜的時候他覺得口渴所以他起床喝水，喝完水之後他又躺回了床上，他躺在床上大約十幾分鐘但是他無法再度入睡，他感覺非常的清醒因此他就起床到他的書房中。
他在自己的書房中想要找一個些書來看，他看到書房的角落有一個已經很久沒有打開的木箱，他掀開這個木箱後，他在這個木箱中看到了李賀生前所創作的詩與草稿。
他看到李賀寫的這些詩後，他的思緒瞬間被拉回到他年輕的時候。
他那個時候跟李賀住在一起，他們早上在同一間房子內活動，他們晚上在同一個房子內睡覺，他們幾乎每天都一起喝酒一起吃飯。
他與李賀那時候都才20幾歲，他們對未來充滿了幻想與憧憬。
他回想到李賀生病後的那幾個月，他回想起李賀死後他的內心所感受到的悲傷。
他回想到李賀死前把這些詩交給他，他回想起自己曾經答應過李賀的承諾。
他發現自己竟然忘記這事情，他感到十分的懊悔。
他對自己說。
還好我今晚又回想到這件事情，我要在最短的時間內想辦法出版這一本李賀所創作的詩集。
李賀是一個充滿想像力又有很浪漫的詩人，他的詩應該讓更多人看到。
沈子明當晚就開始動手，他思考到這本書如果要出版，那最好有一個名人為這本詩集寫序，他想起一個中央政府內的一個名字叫做(杜牧)的好朋友。
杜牧的祖父曾經擔任唐王朝的宰相，杜牧的家人有很多都在中央政府內擔任重要的職務，最重要的是杜牧也是一個著名的詩人。
經過沈子明再三的請求，杜牧後來接下這個任務，杜牧幫李賀的這本詩集寫了序。
李賀死後15年，他的詩集在唐王朝的首都出版並且發行。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是站立與坐下，喝酒與吃飯。
這句成語被用來總稱一個人在日常生活中所必須要做的所有事情。
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。
你有已經拖延很久仍尚未做的事情嗎?你認為你生命中最重要的事情為何呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為唐-杜牧-李賀集序
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