A high-ranking official in the central
government was missing an arm.(折臂三公)
There was a famous general in China's Jin
Dynasty named Yang Hu.
History records his story.
One day, Yang Hu met a feng shui master.
After showing the master his father's tomb, he received an unexpected comment
from him.
The feng shui master said:
'The location of this tomb is excellent. I
believe that the descendant of the person buried here will become a king and
establish a new dynasty.'
Upon hearing this, Yang Hu was terrified.
He knew that if the king of the Jin Dynasty
heard this prediction, he and his entire family could be killed.
He had to act immediately to eliminate this
threat. With his power, it wouldn't be difficult to make the feng shui master
disappear, but he was kind and virtuous; he couldn't bring himself to kill an
innocent person.
After careful consideration, he made a
decision. He ordered his soldiers to take shovels and other tools and disturb
the terrain around his father's grave. Without killing the feng shui master, he
used this method to prevent misfortune from befalling his family.
After disturbing the terrain around his
father's grave, he summoned the feng shui master again.
Upon seeing Yang Hu's father's grave again,
the feng shui master exclaimed, "How could this grave have been disturbed?
With this grave disturbed, the descendants of the person buried here will no
longer be able to produce a king who establishes a new dynasty.'
Judging by the current state of disturbance
to the grave, I believe that a descendant of the person buried here will be
involved in an accident, possibly breaking a hand. This person will go on to
become one of the three highest-ranking officials in the central government.
Yang Hu was a brave and skilled general.
However, a few months after this incident, he suddenly fell from his horse and
fractured his hand. As the feng shui master had predicted, a few years later
Yang Hu became one of the three highest-ranking officials in the central
government of the Jin Dynasty.
The idiom literally translates as 'the
highest-ranking official in the central government who lost an arm'.
It is used to describe an accident that
happens to someone of high rank or status.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
have you gained from this story?
If you were Yang Hu, would you damage your
father's grave? Have you read any books about Chinese feng shui?
I hope this story gives you some new
insights.
折臂三公(A high-ranking official in the
central government was missing an arm.)
中國的晉王朝有一個著名的將軍，他的名字叫做(羊祜)。
歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
羊祜有一天認識了一個風水師，羊祜帶著這個風水師去看了自己的父親的墓地後，這個風水師說了一句他完全沒有想到的評語。
這個風水師說。
這個墓地的位置很好，我認為埋葬在這個墓地中的這個人的後代會成為一個開創一個新王朝的國王。
他聽到這個風水師的這句評語後，他感到很惶恐。
他知道假如這個風水師的這個預言若流傳晉王朝的國王的耳中，那麼他與他的家族中的所有人都有可能因此被殺害。
他必須立刻採取行動以徹底消除這個隱患。 以他的權勢，讓這個風水師消失在人世間並非難事，但他是一個仁慈且有個高尚品德的人，他無法做出這種殺害一個無辜的人的行為。
他在思考後就立刻做出了一個決定，他下令他手下的士兵們拿了鏟子一些工具具破壞他的父親的墳墓四周圍的地形，他在不殺害風水師的這個前提下，用這種方式來避免自己的家族遭受患難。
當他破壞完自己的父親的墳墓四周的地形後，他又找來了這個風水師。
這個風水師再次看到羊祜的父親的墓地後，他很驚訝地說。
這個墓地怎麼被人破壞了呢?這個墓地被破壞後，埋葬在這個墓地中的這個人的後代已經無法出現一個開創一個新王朝的國王了。
根據目前這個墓地被破壞的情況來推論，我認為埋葬在這個墓地中的這個人的後代會出現意外，這個意外可能是手部的骨折，埋葬在這個墓地中這個人的後代成為中央政府內職位最高的三個官員之一。
羊祜是一個很勇敢的將軍，他很擅長騎馬，但是在這件事情發生的幾個月後，羊祜突然發生了一次意外的墜馬事件，這件事件造成他的手部骨折。
羊祜在幾年後，就如同那個風水師所預言，成為晉王朝中央政府內職位最高的三個官員之一。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一個斷掉手臂的中央政府內的職位最高的官員。
這句成語的意思被用來形容一個職位很高或地位很高的人發生意外事故。
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。
你如果是羊祜，你會破壞自己的父親的墓地嗎?你看過任何有關於中國風水的書籍嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
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