目瞪口呆(His eyes widened and his mouth gaped
open. He appeared stunned)
本部落格寫作緣起，原是為了向國際友人介紹中華文化。因此行文中，為求簡明易懂，例如將官員職稱，統一簡化轉譯為現今通用的名稱。此為譯介之便，非為考據之疏。若您欲查閱嚴謹史料，請以文末所附典籍出處為準。
中國的明王朝有一個著名的小說家與劇作家，他的名字叫做馮夢龍(西元1574-西元1646)，他寫過許多本短篇故事集。
他曾經以北宋王朝一個非常著名的名人為主角創造了一個虛構的故事，這個名人的名字叫做蘇軾(西元1037-西元1101)。
蘇軾是宋王朝的一個著名的大臣，他也是一個著名文學家與詩人。在馮夢龍的這篇小說中，他因為得罪了當時的一個名字叫做王安石的宰相，所以被調任到中國的浙江省的湖州市，他遠離了當時的政治權力中心。
這件事情發生三年後，蘇軾在湖州市的任期滿了，他再度回到首都等候新的職位的分配。
蘇軾沒有想到這次回到首都之後，他又再次得罪了王安石，王安石利用自己的權力將蘇軾調任到中國的湖北省的黃州市擔任一個沒有實際權力的職位，黃州市是當時一座發展程度非常落後的城市。
人事命令發布幾天之後，蘇軾帶著他的家人到了黃州市就職。
由於蘇軾的職位沒有掌握實際的權力，所以他的薪水也非常的差，但是蘇軾是一個很樂觀開朗的人，很快的，他就在黃州市認識了很多人。
這些人中的一個後來成為他的好朋友，這個好朋友跟他一樣故鄉在四川，這個好朋友的名字叫做陳季常。
蘇軾的工作職務很輕鬆，所以他幾乎每天都跟陳季常再一起，他們一起去爬山一起去徒步，他們一起喝酒一起吃飯一起寫詩一起討論各種大小事。
蘇軾到黃州大約一年後，在農曆九月九日這一天，蘇軾睡到很晚才起床，他起床後對自己說，昨天晚上刮了一場大風，秋天的氣溫很涼爽，真是一個適合睡覺的季節啊。今天沒有特別的約會，我先去書房中看書吧。
蘇軾坐在書房中看了一會兒書，到了中午左右，蘇軾站起來伸伸懶腰。
蘇軾的心中突然想到今天是九月九日，這一天根據古代中國人的習俗，這一天要欣賞菊花並且喝一種用菊花泡的酒，這天也很適合去爬山。
蘇軾心中想，今天已經來不及爬山了，但我的花園中種了很多菊花，這些菊花是一個當和尚的好朋友送我的，我今天就到我的花園中整理花園並且欣賞菊花好了。
正當蘇軾這樣想的時候，陳季常來了，他走進蘇軾的家中，蘇軾開心地拉著陳季常的手說，我正想去我的花園中欣賞菊花，我們兩個一起去吧。
蘇軾拉著陳季常的手開心地走到自己的花園中時，他看到前兩天還開得很茂盛的那幾株菊花時，他突然瞪大與張大嘴巴，他呈現出一種癡呆的狀態。
陳季常被蘇軾的反常的反應嚇到，陳季常很緊張的拉著蘇軾的手說。
你怎麼了，為何你露出那麼驚嚇的表情呢?
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是他突然瞪大與張大嘴巴，他呈現出一種呆滯的狀態。。
這句成語被用來形容一個人受到巨大的震驚。
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。
你是否有受過巨大的驚嚇的經驗呢? 你還記得那件事情為何發生嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為明-馮夢龍-警世通言-卷3王安石三難蘇學士
https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E8%AD%A6%E4%B8%96%E9%80%9A%E8%A8%80/%E7%AC%AC03%E5%8D%B7
His eyes widened and his mouth gaped open.
He appeared stunned(目瞪口呆)
This blog was originally created to introduce
Chinese culture to international friends. For the sake of simplicity and ease
of understanding, official titles have been translated into their commonly used
names. This is for the convenience of translation, not historical accuracy. If
you wish to consult more rigorous historical materials, please refer to the
sources listed at the end of the article.
Feng Menglong (1574–1646 AD) was a famous
novelist and playwright in the Ming dynasty of China who wrote many collections
of short stories.
He once wrote a fictional story featuring
Su Shi (1037–1101 AD), a very famous figure from the Northern Song dynasty.
Su Shi was a renowned Song Dynasty
minister, as well as a celebrated writer and poet. In Feng Menglong's novel, Su
Shi offends a prime minister named Wang Anshi and is consequently transferred
to Huzhou in Zhejiang Province, far from the political center.
Three years later, Su Shi's term in Huzhou
ended and he returned to the capital to await a new assignment.
However, upon returning to the capital, Su
Shi offended Wang Anshi again. Wang Anshi used his power to transfer Su Shi to
Huangzhou in Hubei Province, a position with no real authority. Huangzhou was a
very underdeveloped city at the time.
A few days after the personnel order was
issued, Su Shi arrived in Huangzhou with his family to take up his post.
As his position lacked real power, his
salary was very modest. However, Su Shi was an optimistic and cheerful person
who quickly made many friends in Huangzhou.
One of these people later became his close
friend: Chen Jichang, a man from Sichuan like himself.
As Su Shi's job was easy, he spent almost
every day with Chen Jichang. They went hiking and trekking together, drank and
ate together, wrote poetry and discussed all sorts of matters, big and small.
About a year after Su Shi arrived in
Huangzhou, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, he slept in. When he got
up, he said to himself, 'A strong wind blew last night, and the autumn temperature
is so cool; it's perfect for sleeping. I don't have any plans today, so I'll go
to my study and read.'
Su Shi sat in his study and read for a
while. Around noon, he stood up and stretched.
He suddenly remembered that today was the
ninth day of the ninth lunar month. According to ancient Chinese tradition,
this day was for appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking wine infused with
them. It was also a day for hiking.
'It's too late to climb the mountain
today,' he thought to himself, 'but I have many chrysanthemums in my garden. A
monk friend gave them to me. I'll go and tend to my garden and admire them
today.'
Just then, Chen Jichang arrived. He entered
Su Shi's house and Su Shi happily took his hand, saying, 'I was just about to
go to my garden to admire the chrysanthemums. Let's go together.'
As Su Shi led Chen Jichang happily to his
garden, he saw the chrysanthemums that had been blooming so profusely just two
days ago. Suddenly, his eyes widened and his mouth gaped open. He appeared
stunned.
Startled by Su Shi's unusual reaction, Chen
Jichang asked, "What's wrong?" He nervously grabbed Su Shi's hand and
asked, "What's wrong? Why do you look so frightened?'
This idiom translates literally as "Ｈis eyes widened and his mouth gaped open. He appeared stunned".
It is used to describe someone who is
extremely shocked.
Dear friend, what insights or thoughts did
you gain from this story?
Have you ever been extremely frightened? Do
you remember what caused it?
I hope this story gives you some new insights.