He forgot about morality after seeing the
benefits.(見利忘義)
There was a famous minister in China's Han
Dynasty. His name was Li Ji. There is a story about him recorded in history
books.
The founding king of the Han dynasty was
Liu Bang, and his wife was called Lü Zhi. After Liu Bang died, his son
succeeded him as the second king.
Lü Zhi took control of the central Han
Dynasty government. She arranged for her relatives to serve in various official
positions, and her family held great power.
Following her death, many of the ministers
who had helped Liu Bang establish the Han Dynasty secretly planned to take
action. They planned to arrest the members of her family who served in the
central government. They wanted to return control of the central government to
the second Han king.
One of Lü Zhi's nephews, Lü Lu, controlled
an army. The ministers who had helped Liu Bang establish the Han dynasty
believed that he was the main target for arrest.
Li Ji and Lü Lu were good friends. The
ministers captured Li Ji's father. They said to Li Ji,
'You must help us arrest Lü Lu. If you
don't agree, we will kill your father.'
Li Ji was forced to help the ministers who
had helped Liu Bang establish the Han dynasty.
In 180 BC, Lu Lu was arrested and killed.
Many people blamed Li Ji after hearing
about this incident.
They thought he shouldn't have betrayed his
friend.
Ban Gu, a famous historian of the Han
dynasty, expressed his opinion on this incident.
Ban Gu, a renowned historian from the Han
dynasty, shared his thoughts on the incident. He believed that Li Ji's main
reason for betraying Lü Lu was to save his father's life. Another important
reason was that Li Ji also believed that control of the central government
should be returned to the Han dynasty king.
Based on these two reasons, Ban Gu believed
that Li Ji should not be blamed for disregarding morality and betraying his
friend.
This idiom literally means that he forgot
morality after seeing the benefits.
Dear friends, what inspiration do you take
away from this story?
Have you ever betrayed a friend? Have you
ever been betrayed by them?
I hope this story gives you a fresh
perspective.
見利忘義(He forgot about morality after seeing
the benefits.)
中國的漢王朝有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做(酈寄)，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
漢王朝的開國國王的名字叫做劉邦，他的妻子的名字叫做(呂雉)。劉邦死後，他的兒子繼任成為第二任國王。
呂雉掌握了漢王朝的中央政府的控制權，她安排自己的親人進入中央政府內擔任各種不同職位的官員，她的家族掌握了極大的權力。
呂雉死了之後，有很多協助劉邦建立漢王朝的大臣們秘密策畫了一連串的行動，這些大臣們計畫要逮捕那些擔任漢王朝的中央政府內的呂雉的家族成員，這些大臣們要把漢王朝的中央政府的控制權交還給漢王朝的第二任國王。
呂雉的一個名字叫做呂祿的姪子掌握了一支軍隊，這些協助劉邦建立漢王朝的大臣們認為呂祿是一個優先要被逮捕的對象。
(酈寄)與呂祿是好朋友，這些協助劉邦建立漢王朝的大臣們抓走(酈寄)的父親，這些大臣們對(酈寄)說。
你必須要協助我們逮捕呂祿，如果你不答應我們，我們就會殺了你的父親。
(酈寄)被迫幫助這些協助劉邦建立漢王朝的大臣們
西元前180年，呂祿被逮捕後被殺。
當時的很多人們聽到這件事情之後，他們責怪(酈寄)。
他們認為(酈寄)不應該出賣自己的朋友，他不應該出賣(呂祿)。
漢王朝著名的歷史學家(班固)針對這個事件提出他的看法，班固認為(酈寄)會背叛(呂祿)的最主要原因是因為他想要讓自己的父親可以活下去，另外一個很重要的原因是因為(酈寄)的心中也認為中央政府的控制權應該交還給漢王朝的國王。
根據上面兩個理由，班固認為我們不應該責怪(酈寄)不顧道義並且出賣自己朋友。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是他看到利益後就忘記了道義。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有什麼樣的或有什麼樣的啟發呢。
你曾經背叛你的朋友嗎?你有被朋友背叛的經驗嗎?
我希望這個故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為漢書-樊酈滕灌傅靳周傳