People fall ill from ingesting harmful substances and suffer misfortune from uttering harmful words.(病從口入禍從口出)
People fall ill from ingesting harmful
substances and suffer misfortune from uttering harmful words.(病從口入禍從口出)
During the Jin dynasty in China, there was
a famous minister, writer and poet named Fu Xuan.
He once wrote a poem to remind himself to
be careful with his words. The poem's message is as follows:
Our souls communicate with the outside
world through our senses, and our inner thoughts are expressed through our
mouths.
Good fortune and misfortune are usually
foreshadowed.
We should avoid generating too many false
or unrealistic emotions and, at the same time, avoid speaking too much.
A nest dug by a tiny ant can cause a
riverbank to collapse, and a small hole eroded by a trickle of water can cause
a cliff to crumble.
People fall ill from ingesting harmful
substances and suffer misfortune from uttering harmful words.
The key to each person's survival and death
lies in how we open and close our mouths.
The words produced by our mouths and hearts
determine whether our lives are peaceful or dangerous.
Words are like the hinges of a door or the
trigger of a crossbow: once released, the outcome is immediate—either glory or
shame.
This idiom literally means that people fall
ill because of what they ingest and suffer misfortune because of what they say.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
have you gained from this story?
Do you think carefully about what you say before speaking? Are there any proverbs that you frequently remind yourself of?
I hope this story will provide you with some new insights.
病從口入禍從口出(People fall ill from ingesting
harmful substances and suffer misfortune from uttering harmful words.)
中國的晉王朝有一個著名的大臣，他也是一個著名的文學家與詩人，他的名字叫做傅玄。
他曾經寫過一首詩，他用這首詩來警惕自己要謹慎說話，這首詩的大概意思如下。
我們的靈魂必須通過我們的感知與外界發生溝通，我們內心的想法必須通過我們的嘴來表達。
福氣的降臨通常都會有預兆，禍患來的發生也常常會看得到端倪。
我們要避免產生太多虛妄不實的情感，同時要避免自己的嘴巴說太多話。
一個由小小的螞蟻所挖出來的巢穴可以讓河堤潰決，一個由細微的水流所沖刷出來的小洞可以讓山崖崩塌。
人們會因為嘴巴吃進不好的東西而導致生病，人們會因為嘴巴說出不好的話而導致災禍
我們每個人生存與死亡的關鍵，就在於我們如何打開與閉合我們的嘴巴。
我們的嘴巴與內心共同產出的言語決定了我們生活能夠平安或危險。
言語就像門的樞紐和弩的扳機、啟動之後，我們就能夠立刻看到結果是榮耀或是恥辱。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是人們會因為嘴巴吃進不好的東西而導致生病，人們會因為嘴巴說出不好的話而導致災禍。
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。
你在說話之前會先經過理性的思考嗎?你是否有些你會經常提醒自己的箴言呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為欽定古今圖書集成-明倫彙編-人事典-第014卷