To kill and defeat the enemy, thus
achieving victory in war(殺敵致果)
The period from 770 to 476 BC was known as the Spring and Autumn Period in China. This was followed by the Warring States Period, from 476 to 221 BC.
During this time, China's highest leader was the king of the Zhou dynasty. The Zhou king established more than 100 vassal states, each of which became a kingdom in its own right. These kingdoms engaged in many fierce wars for land and resources, creating an extremely chaotic era.
In 607 BC, the Kingdom of Zheng sent an army to attack the Kingdom of Song. The Kingdom of Song dispatched a military strategist named Kuang Jiao to help a general named Hua Yuan lead the army in defence.
Kuang Jiao was a brave and honourable military strategist. After the battle began, the Song army quickly gained the upper hand and the Zheng army retreated. Kuang Jiao led his soldiers in pursuit.
As he pursued the soldiers of the Zheng Kingdom, he passed a dried-up well. The wailing of a man could be heard from within. He stopped and stood at the well's edge, asking, "Is anyone in the well?"
'Is anyone in the well? Who are you?"
The man in the well answered weakly:
'I am an officer of the Zheng Kingdom. I fell into this well by accident during the retreat. Can you save me? If you don't, I will surely die here."
After thinking for a few minutes, Kuangjiao extended a long weapon into the well and said to the man, "
'Grab my weapon and I'll pull you up.'
After climbing out of the well, the Zheng Kingdom officer sat weakly by its edge. As Kuang Jiao bent down to check the officer's injuries, the officer suddenly pulled a short knife from his clothes and held it to Kuang Jiao's throat. This unexpected turn of events took Kuang Jiao completely by surprise, and he became the officer's prisoner.
The historian who wrote this story added his reflections to the tale.
The historian said:
'When a soldier is carrying out a military operation, he should bravely accept the order and do his utmost to complete it.'
A soldier's most important quality is to consider killing and defeating the enemy and achieving victory as his primary goal.
Kuang Jiao was a negligent military advisor who forgot this goal, leading to his own and the Song Kingdom's defeat.
The idiom literally translates as "to kill and defeat the enemy, thus achieving victory in war".
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts did you gain from this story?
What is your most important life goal? Do you often remind yourself of it and reaffirm it?
I hope this story brings you new insights.
殺敵致果(To kill and defeat the enemy, thus
achieving victory in war)
西元前770年到西元前476年這段時間是中國的春秋時代，西元前476年到西元前221年這段時間是中國的戰國時代。
當時中國的最高領導人是周王朝的國王。，周王朝的國王把土地分封給100多個諸侯，這些諸侯各自成立的自己的王國，這些王國之間為了爭奪土地與資源而發生許多慘烈的戰爭，那是一個極度混亂的年代。
西元前607年，鄭王國派出軍隊攻打宋王國，宋王國派出一個名字叫做(狂狡)的軍事參謀協助一個名叫華元的將軍帶領著軍隊迎戰。
(狂狡)是一個很勇敢而正直的軍事參謀，戰爭開始之後，在很短的時間內宋王國的軍隊就取得了優勢，鄭王國的軍隊向後撤退，(狂狡)帶著他手下的士兵們向前追擊。
就在(狂狡)追擊鄭王國的士兵的時候，他經過了一口已經枯掉的井，這個井中傳來的一個人的哀號聲，(狂狡)停下腳步站在井邊問。
井中有人嗎?你是誰?
井中的那個人用很衰弱的聲音回答。
我是鄭王國的一個軍官，我在撤退時不小心掉入這個井中，你可以救我嗎?如果你不救我，我就一定會死在這口井中?
(狂狡)思考了幾分鐘後，他把自己手中的一根伸長兵器伸到井中，他對那個人說。
你拉住我的兵器，我拉你上來。
那個鄭王國的軍官爬上井後就衰弱的坐在井邊，(狂狡)就彎下腰關心這個軍官的傷勢的時候，那個軍官突然從自己的衣服中抽出一把短刀，那個軍官用這把短刀抵住(狂狡)的喉嚨，這個突如其來的變化出乎(狂狡)的預期，(狂狡)成為那個軍官的俘虜。
寫這篇故事的歷史學家在這個真實的故事下寫下他的感言。
這個歷史學家說。
一個軍人在執行一項軍事行動時，他應該要用勇敢地接受這項軍事命令並且盡全力完成這項軍事命令。
不論這件軍事行動大或小，這個軍人都要絕對的服從這項軍事命令並且盡全力完成這項軍事命令。
這是一個軍人的基本素養，一個軍人應該要把殺死並且打敗敵人然後得到勝利的戰爭結果當作自己最重要的目標。
(狂狡)是一個失職的軍事參謀，他忘記了自己的最重要的目標，所以導致了自己與宋王國的失敗。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是(殺死並且打敗敵人然後得到勝利的戰爭結果)。
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。
你最重要的人生目標為何呢?你是否會時常提醒自己並且再次確認自己的人生目標呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為左傳-宣公2年
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