A person with great talent and good
character usually speaks little.(吉人辭寡)
There was a famous calligrapher in the Jin
Dynasty of China, his name was Wang Xianzhi.
There is a story about him recorded in
history books.
There were several famous families in the
Jin Dynasty. Among these families, the Wang family was the most powerful and
had the most famous people. He was one of the members of the Wang family, and
many officials in the central government of the Western Jin Dynasty were his
relatives.
He is the youngest of his siblings, and
from childhood he showed a different temperament from his other siblings.
One day, he and his two brothers went to
visit the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whose name was Xie An.
Xie An sat with the three brothers and
chatted for the whole afternoon.
After the three brothers left, Xie An's
friend asked him.
I know you are very good at judging a
person's character from their words and actions. How do you judge the three
young men from the Wang family who visited you this afternoon?
Xie An said to his friend with a smile.
I think Wang Xianzhi has the best talent
and moral character, and his two brothers are not as good as him.
Xie An's friend asked.
Why do you think that?
Xie An said with a smile.
During our conversation, Wang Xianzhi spoke
very little and spent most of his time listening.
Wang Xianzhi's two elder brothers were the
opposite. They were always expressing their views and opinions.
In my experience, a person with great
talent and good character usually speaks very little.
An impatient and impetuous person usually
talks a lot.
This idiom literally means that a idiom of
great talent and good character usually speaks very little.
This idiom is used to describe a talented
and moral person who doesn't like to talk.
Dear friends, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Do you agree with Xie An's point of view?
When you are with your friends, do you always want to express your opinion?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
吉人辭寡(A person with great talent and good character
usually speaks little.)
中國著晉王朝有一個著名的書法家，他的名字叫做王獻之。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
晉王朝有幾個著名的家族，這幾個家族中勢力最大而且名人最多的就是王氏家族，他就是王氏家族的成員之一，西晉王朝的中央政府內有很多的官員都是他的親戚。
他是他的兄弟姊妹中年紀最小的一個，他從小就表現出不同於他的其他兄弟姊妹的氣質。
有一天，他與他的兩個哥哥去拜訪東晉王朝的宰相，這個宰相的名字叫做謝安。
謝安與他們兄弟三個人坐在一起聊了一整個下午。
當他們三個兄弟離開之後，謝安的朋友問他。
我知道你很擅長根據一個人的言語與行動來評斷這個人的性格，你如何評斷這今天下午來拜訪你的這三個王家的年輕人呢?
謝安微笑著跟他的朋友說。
我認為王獻之的才能與品德最好，他的兩個哥哥都比不上他。
謝安的朋友問。
你為何會這樣認為呢?
謝安微笑著說。
在我們對話的過程中，王獻之的話說得很少，他把大多數的時間放在傾聽上面。
王獻之的兩個哥哥與他相反，他的兩個哥哥不停地發表自己的觀點與意見。
根據我的經驗，一個很有才能與有好品德人通常很少發言。
一個急躁而且莽撞的人通常都會不停地說話。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一個很有才能與有好品德人通常很少發言。
這句成語被用來形容一個不喜歡說話的很有才能且品德很好的人。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你認同謝安的觀點嗎?你跟你的朋友相處時，你總是很熱衷於發表自己的意見嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為晉書-卷80-王獻之傳
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