His predictions about the future almost
always came true.(億則屢中)
His name was Kong Qiu. He received the
respectful title of Kong Fuzi.
He was an exceptional teacher. He is one of
the most influential thinkers in Chinese history.
He had over 3,000 students, 72 of whom were
particularly outstanding. Stories about his disciples are recorded in
historical books.
Each of Confucius's students had their own
strengths: some were of excellent character, some were eloquent, some were
highly capable and some were suited to focused academic study.
One of these students was named Duanmu Ci.
He was eloquent and skilled in speech, and adept at business. He was also the
wealthiest of all of Confucius's students.
Confucius once commented on Duanmu Ci,
saying:
'Besides being my student, he has long been
involved in business.' He is not superstitious about fate; he has observed
price fluctuations in the market for a long time, and he makes rational
decisions.
He had an uncanny ability to determine
whether the prices of goods he wanted to invest in were above or below market
value.
His predictions about the future almost
always came true.
He would buy large quantities of goods when
their price was below market value, hoard them for a period and then sell them
when their market price had soared.
Due to his remarkably high success rate in
predicting market price fluctuations, he has made a fortune.
Some say that people of high moral
character and wisdom can accurately predict future events. I believe that
Duanmu Ci demonstrated both virtue and wisdom in his business dealings.
The idiom literally translates as 'His
predictions about the future almost always came true.'
It is used to describe someone whose
predictions about the future are consistently accurate.
It has also come to be used as a
congratulatory phrase when someone opens a shop.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you gain from this story?
Have you ever tried your hand at business
or financial investment? Have you reviewed your financial management methods or
investment performance?
I
hope this story gives you some new insights.
億則屢中(His predictions about the future
almost always came true.)
孔子的名字是(孔丘)。孔夫子是人們對他的尊稱。
他是一位傑出的教育家。他是為中國歷史上最有影響力的思想家之一。
他的學生超過3000人，其中特別傑出的學生有72個，在歷史書中紀錄了他的弟子的一些故事。
孔子的學生們各有其特長，其中有些人的品德很好，有些人的口才很棒，有些人的工作能力很強，有些人適合專心研究學問。
孔子有一個學生的名字叫做端木賜，他有著鋒利的口才與巧妙的言詞，他很擅長經商，他還是孔子的所有學生中最有錢的人。
孔子曾經這樣評論端木賜。他說。
他除了是我的學生之外，他還長期在經商做生意。他不是一個迷信命運的人，他長期觀察市面上的各種貨品的價格波動，他做決策的時候相當的理性。
他能夠精準的覺察到他所要投資的貨品的價格低於市價或高於市價。
他所預測的未來幾乎每次都會成真。
他在這些貨品的價格低於市價實大量買入，然後他會囤積一陣子，等到這些貨品的市價高漲時他就會脫手賣出。
因為他的預測貨品的市場價格波動的成功率相當的高，所以他賺了很多錢。
有些人曾經說過，一個品德高尚且智慧的人能夠精準的預測到未來將會發生的事，我認為端木賜在經商這方面，他展現出他的品德與智慧。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是他所預測的未來幾乎每次都會成真。
這句成語被用來形容一個人對外來的預測通常都精準無誤
這句成語被延伸用來當作祝賀一個人開店時的祝賀語。
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。
你是否有嘗試過經商或理財投資呢?你是否檢討過自己的理財方式或投資績效呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為史記-卷66-仲尼弟子列傳
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出處為論衡-知實-18條