Those who do good will be blessed, and
those who do evil will suffer misfortune(福善禍淫)
The king who founded China's Shang Dynasty
was called (Zi Tang), also known as (Shang Tang). A story about him is recorded
in history books.
The last king of China's Xia Dynasty was
called (Si Jie), also known as (Xia Jie). (Xia Jie) was a very cruel king. He
drank and enjoyed himself every day. He didn't care about people's lives. All the
people felt very unhappy under his rule.
In 1600 BC, Shang Tang led a revolutionary
army to defeat the army led by Jie Xia. He unified all of China and founded the
Shang Dynasty.
After establishing the Shang Dynasty, he
gave a public speech to all the people in the capital of the Shang Dynasty.
The general meaning of the first half of his speech is as follows.
People, today we have entered a new era. I
am giving this speech today to let you know how I feel right now.
Each of us has a very kind nature, and each
of us lives a simple life.
But we have come across a very cruel king
(Jie of Xia) who is morally corrupt and treats his people extremely cruelly. He
gambles every day, he doesn't care about people's lives, and he makes us suffer
a lot of pain in life.
(Xia Jie's) actions have made all the
people very dissatisfied. All the people are weeping and praying to God. All
the people hope to overthrow his rule.
I think we are doing God's will, which is
why our revolutionary actions are so successful. We have many wise people in
our camp, so our revolutionary actions are so smooth.
God hears our cries, and God is just.
God blesses those who do good and brings
disaster on those who do evil. This time we can successfully overthrow (Xia
Jie's) rule. This success belongs to all of us, and we all have an extremely
important part to play in promoting the success of this revolution.
The literal translation of this idiom is
that those who do good will be blessed, and those who do evil will suffer
misfortune.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the
current leadership of your country? What do you think is the most important
responsibility of a leader?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
福善禍淫(Those who do good will be blessed,
and those who do evil will suffer misfortune)
創立中國的商王朝的國王的名字叫做(子湯)，他也被稱為(商湯)，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
中國的夏王朝的最後一任國王的名字叫做(姒桀)，他也被稱為(夏桀)。(姒桀)是一個非常殘暴的國王，他每天喝酒玩樂，他不關心百姓的生活，在他的統治下所有百姓都感到非常的痛苦。
西元前1600年，商湯率領革命軍打敗夏桀所領導的軍隊，他統一了整個中國並且建立了商王朝。
他在建立商王朝後，他在商王朝的首都對所有的百姓公開發表了一場演說。
他的演說內容的上半段的大概意思如下。
所有的百姓啊，我們從今天開始進入了一個嶄新的時代。我今天發表這場演說，我要讓妳們知道我現在的感受。
我們每個人的本性都非常的善良，我們每個人都單純的過著自己的生活。
但是我們遇到了一個很殘暴的國王，(夏桀)的道德敗壞，他對待人民非常的殘暴。他每天玩樂，他不關心百姓的生活，他讓我們在生活遭遇到極大痛苦。
(夏桀)的行動已經讓所有的人民都非常的不滿，所有的人民哭泣的祈禱上天，所有的人民都希望可以推翻他的統治。
我認為我們是代替上天行使他的旨意所以我們的革命行動才會那麼成功，我們有很多聰明的人來加入我們的陣營所以我們的革命行動會那麼順利。
上天聽到我們的呼求，上天是公義的。
上天讓行善的人遭受福氣讓行惡的人遭禍。我們這次可以順利的推翻(夏桀)的統治。這個成功是屬於我們大家的，我們都是推動這場革命成功的極其重要的一分子。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是行善的人遭福行惡的人遭禍。
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。
你的國家現在的領導者感到滿意還是不滿意嗎?你認為一個領導者最重要的責任是什麼呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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