The mountains shift and the stones cry.(走山泣石)
The last king of China's Xia dynasty was
named (Si Jie), also known as (Xia Jie), and was very strong.
He was extremely strong. He could
straighten a twisted iron hook and break a copper rope with his bare hands.
He collected a lot of taxes. He used the
money to build a luxurious palace and a huge platform for himself. He also had
a huge pool dug in which you could row a boat. He filled the pool with Chinese
rice wine.
He held an event where 3,000 people drank
around the huge pool at the same time. When he saw that everyone was drunk, he
laughed happily.
He drank and had fun every day. He didn't
care about people's lives at all. Everyone was miserable under his rule.
Something strange happened in the last few
months of his reign over the Xia dynasty.
A serious landslide suddenly occurred on
Mount Tai in China.
For three consecutive days, the people
living near Mount Tai continued to hear a low sound from the mountain that
sounded like human crying.
Hearing this sound made the local people
feel panicky as they thought it was a bad omen.
Once, the founding king of China's Zhou
dynasty was chatting with his younger brother. The king mentioned this ancient
story to his younger brother.
Before the Xia Dynasty came to an end, this
terrifying change to the mountain and the strange phenomenon of stones crying
occurred. I think this phenomenon foreshadowed the impending end of the Xia
dynasty.
From Xia Jie's perspective, this phenomenon
was indeed a bad omen, but from the people's perspective, it was very
auspicious because it represented the imminent overthrow of the Xia Dynasty.
This idiom's direct translation means
'mountain changes and stone crying'.
It is used to describe the swift downfall
of a tyrannical regime.
Dear friends, what thoughts or feelings
does this story inspire in you?
What was the worst landslide disaster you have
ever seen? Have you ever been frightened by such incredible phenomena?
I hope this story brings you new insights.
走山泣石(The mountains shift and the stones
cry.)
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)。
(夏桀)的力氣很大，他可以徒手把一根扭曲的鐵鉤拉直，他還可以徒手扭斷銅做的繩索。
他收很多稅，他拿這些稅金為自己蓋了一間非常豪華又漂亮的宮殿與一座非常巨大的高台，他還鑿了一個非常巨大的可以在池中划船的大水池，他在這個池子中裝滿了中國米酒。
他舉辦過一個活動，他找了3000個人同時圍繞在這個巨大的池塘旁喝酒，看到所有的人都喝醉了之後，他開心地大笑。
他每天喝酒玩樂，他完全不關心百姓的生活，在他的統治下所有百姓都感到非常的痛苦。
他統治夏王朝的最後幾個月發生了一件很奇特的事情。
中國的泰山突然發生了嚴重的山崩。
連續三天，因為山體發生變化的原因，住在泰山附近的人們都會持續聽到山上發出低沉的聲響，這低沉的聲響聽起來就像是人類哭泣的聲音。
當地的百姓聽到這個聲音後認為這是一個凶兆、百姓的心中感到非常恐慌。
中國的周王朝的開國國王有一次跟他的弟弟在聊天，國王提起這個古代的故事然後對他的弟弟說。
夏王朝滅亡前發生了這個令人覺得恐懼的山體變動而且石頭哭泣的奇特現象，我認為這個現象豫表著夏王朝即將滅亡。
如果站在夏桀的角度看，這個現象的確是一個凶兆，但如果站在百姓的角度看，這個現象可是非常的吉祥，因為這個現象代表著夏王朝即將被推翻啊。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思山體變動與石頭哭泣。
這句成語被用來形容一個暴虐的政權將會在很短的時間內滅亡。
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。
你看過最嚴重的土石流的災禍是那一次嗎?你曾經因為那些不可思議的現象而感到害怕呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為資治通鑑外紀-卷2--100條-109條
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出處為南朝-梁-任昉-述异记-卷上-
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