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與勵志有關的英文故事：請君入甕
Kindly Step into the Vat--Try What You Have Devised against Others
In order to suppress those who were against her, Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), appointed a few merciless persons to be judges. Two of them were extremely brutal; one was called Zhou Xing and the other was called Lai Junchen. They killed many upright civil and military officials as well as ordinary people by framing up cases against tham and by administering inhuman corporal punishment to them.
Once, Wu Zetian received a letter which informed against Zhou Xing. The letter aside that Zhou Xing was plotting a rebellion in collaboration with others. Wu Zetian was furiously angry when she read the letter, and immediately ordered Lai Junchen to deal with the case severely. Hearing the order, Lai Junchen had misgivings about it. He knew that Zhou Xing could not be forced to tell the truth merely by using a letter informing against him because he was very sly and crafty. Lai Junchen also knew that he would not be for given if he should fail in dealing with the case, because the empress would certainly blame him and punish him. How could he solve the problem then? He turned the problem over and over in his mind, and finally thought out a "brilliant scheme".
Lai Junchen had a sumptuous feast prepared, and invited Zhou Xing to his home. The two of them urged each other to drink, and they talked while drinking. After the wine had gone round three times, Lai Junchen pretended to sigh, "When Ihandle cases in ordinary times, I often com across prisoners who stubbournly refuse to admit they are guilty. I wonder if you have any effetive measures." Hearing this, he took a sip of the wine. Lai Junchen immediately pretended to be very earnest, saying, "Oh, please do tell me at once." Smiling insidiously, Zhou Xing said, "Get a big vat, scorch it hot with charcoal fire all around, and then let the prisoner come into the vat. Will the prisoner fail to make a confession of his crime?" Hearing this. LaiJunchen nodded his head in approval repeatedly. He then ordered his subordinates to bring a big vat, and had a charcoal fire lit all around it as Zhou Xing had said. He then turned to Zhou Xing and said, "Someone in the imperial court has informed against you, saying that you are plotting a rebellion. The empress has ordered me to deal with the case severely. So I beg your pardon, but would you kindly step into the "Someone in the imperial court has informed against you, saying that you are plotting a rebellion. The empress has ordered me to deal with the case severely. So I beg your pardon, but would you kindly step into the vat?" Hearing this, Zhou Xing dropped his wine cup to the ground and the cup broke with a crash. Then he knelt down with a flop, nodded repeatedly and said, "I am guilty. I confess I am guilty."
This story appears in A General History as a Mirror of Past Events by Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty. From this story, people have derived the set phrase "kindly step into the vat -- try what you have devised against others".
唐朝女皇武則天，為了鎮(zhèn)壓反對她的人，任用了一批酷吏。其中兩個最為狠毒，一個叫周興，一個叫來俊臣。他們利用誣陷、控告和慘無人道的刑法，殺害了許多正直的文武官吏和平民百姓。
有一回，一封告密信送到武則天手里，內(nèi)容竟是告發(fā)周興與人聯(lián)絡謀反。武則天大怒，責令來俊臣嚴查此事。來俊臣，心里直犯嘀咕，他想，周興是個狡猾奸詐之徒，僅憑一封告密信，是無法讓他說實話的;可萬一查不出結果，太后怪罪下來，我來俊臣也擔待不起呀。這可怎么辦呢?苦苦思索半天，終于想出一條妙計。
他準備了一桌豐盛的酒席，把周興請到自己家里。兩個人你勸我喝，邊喝邊聊。酒過三巡，來俊臣嘆口氣說：“兄弟我平日辦案，常遇到一些犯人死不認罪，不知老兄有何辦法?”周興得意地說：“這還不好辦!”說著端起酒杯抿了一口。來俊臣立刻裝出很懇切的樣子說：“哦，請快快指教。”周興陰笑著說：“你找一個大甕，四周用炭火烤熱，再讓犯人進到甕里，你想想，還有什么犯人不招供呢?”來俊臣連連點頭稱是，隨即命人抬來一口大甕，按周興說的那樣，在四周點上炭火，然后回頭對周興說：“宮里有人密告你謀反，上邊命我嚴查。對不起，現(xiàn)在就請老兄自己鉆進甕里吧。”周興一聽，手里的酒杯啪噠掉在地上，跟著又撲通一聲跪倒在地，連連磕頭說：“我有罪，我有罪，我招供。”
故事見于《資治通鑒·唐則天皇后天授二年》。成語“請君入甕”，比喻用某人整治他自己。
與勵志有關的英文故事：不學無術
In the reign of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, Grand General Huo Guang was a minister who occupied a decisive position at court and was deeply trusted by the emperor. when Emperor Wudi was dying, he entrusted Huo Guang with the task of assisting his youngest son Liu fuelling (Emperor Zhaodi)in go verning the country. After the death of Emperor Zhaodi,Huo Guang made Liu Xun the emperor. who was Emperor Xuandi of the Han Dynasty. Controlling the imperial government for more than 40 years ,Huo Guang had rendered fairly outstanding service to the Western Han Dynasty. After Liu Xun ascended the throne, he made Imperial Concubine Xu his queen. Hankering after wealth and rank, Huo Guang's wife Huo Xian tried to make her youngest daughter Chengjun the queen of Lin Xun. So ,taking the opportunity of the queen's illness, Huo Xian bribed a woman doctor who poisoned the queen to death. The venomous scheme was brought to light,and the woman doctor was put into jail. Huo Guang knew nothing about it beforehand, and it was not until after the event that his wife told him about it. Seized with terror, Huo Guang reproached his wife for doing such a thing, He thought of reporting his wife for her crime, but at the same time did not have the beart to have her wife punished. After much hesitation, he conceited the thing offensive to God and reason in the end. After Huo Guang died,Emperor Xuandi was informed of the case. Someone was sent to investigate it. Hearing this,Huo Guang's wife discussed with her family members and trusted followers in order to find a way to deal with her family members and trusted followers in order to find a way to deal with the situation. Three decided to call the clansmen together to stage a rebellion. But the secret was pulged. Emperor Xuandi sent troops to surround Hue's home, and all the members of Hue's family were executed. Commenting on the merits and demerits of Huo Guang, historian Ban Gu(32-92) said in "The Life of Huo Guang "in his History of the Han Dynasty that Huo Guang "had neither knowledge nor skill and did not understand the major principles". That is to say, Huo Guang did not understand the truths concerning the overall situation because he did not study and had no knowledge. The set phrase" having neither knowledge nor skill" is later used to refer to being ignorant and incompetent.
漢武帝在位的時候，大將軍霍光是朝廷舉足輕重的大臣，深得武帝信任。武帝監(jiān)死前，把幼子劉弗陵(昭帝)托付給霍光輔佐。昭帝去世后，霍光又立劉詢做皇帝(宣帝)。霍光掌握朝政大權四十多年，為西漢王進立下了不小的功勛。
劉詢承皇位以后，立許妃做皇后。霍光的妻子霍顯，是個貪圖富貴的女人，她想把自己的小女兒成君嫁給劉詢做皇后，就乘許娘娘有病的機會，買通女醫(yī)下毒害死了許后。毒計敗露，女醫(yī)下獄。此事霍光事先一點也不知道，等事情出來了，霍顯才告訴他。霍光非常驚懼，指責妻子不該辦這種事情。他也想去告發(fā)，但又不忍心妻子被治罪，前思后想，還是把這件傷天害理的事情隱瞞下來了。霍光死后，有人向宣帝告發(fā)此案，宣帝派人去調(diào)查處理。霍光的妻子聽說了，與家人、親信商量對策，決定召集族人策劃謀反，不想走漏了風聲，宣帝派兵將霍家包圍，滿門抄斬。
東漢史學家班固在《漢書·霍光傳》中評論霍光的功過。說他“不學無術，暗于大理”，意思是：霍光不讀書，沒學識，因而不明關乎大局的道理。成語“不學無術”，指沒有學問，沒有本領指沒有?
與勵志有關的英文故事：洛陽紙貴
Overwhelming Popularity of a New Work Causes Shortage of Printing Paper
In the Jin Dynasty (265-420) there was a famous writer whose name was Zuo Si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a small kid.His father often got angry, and yet young Zuo Si was as naughty as ever and would not study hard.
One day, Zuo Si's father was chatting with his friends. his friends envied him his clever and loverly son. Hearing this, Zuo si's father sighed, "Please do not mention him. My son Zuo si does not study as well as I did when I was young, although I did not study well enough myself. It appears that he is actually a good-for-nothing." So saying, he looked disappointed. All this was witnessed by young Zuo Si. He felt very sad, feeling intensely that he would not be able to have a bright future if he did not study hard. So he was determined to study assiduously from then on. Day after day and year after year, Zuo Si gradually grew up. Because of his unremitting afforts in hard study, he became an erudite scholar and wrote very excellent essays. The "Ode to the Capital of the State of Qi", which took him one year to write, showed his brilliant literary talent and laid the foundation for his becoming an outstanding writer. then he planned to write an "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu" with the local conditions and customs as well as the produce of the three capitals as its content. In order to achieve the desired effect in content, structure and language, he applied himself to research work with great concentration, and was so absorbed in creative writing as to forget food and sleep. It took him ten whole years to finish the writing of "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu", a literary masterpiece.
The "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu" was well received by the broad masses of readers after it made its appearance to the public, and people considered it as superbly written as the "Ode to the Western Capital (Changan) and to the Eastern Capital (Luoyang)" written by Ban Gu (32-92) and the "Ode to the Western Capital and to the Eastern Capital" written by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to A.D.220). As the art of printing had not been invented at that time, people who were fond of this "Ode" had to make handwritten copies of it themselves. As there were so many people who vied with each other in making handwritten copies, the supply of writing paper fell short of the demand in Luoyang went up greatly.
This story comes from "The life of Zuo Si" in the book "Literary Field" of The History of the Jin Dynasty. Based on this story, people have coined the set phrase "the price of writing paper went up greatly", meaning the overwhelming popularity of a new work causes shortage of printing paper, to show how popular an outstanding piece of literary work is.
晉代文學家左思，小時候是個非常頑皮、不愛讀書的孩子。父親經(jīng)常為這事發(fā)脾氣，可是小左思仍然淘氣得很，不肯好好學習。
有一天，左思的父親與朋友們聊天，朋友們羨慕他有個聰明可愛的兒子。左思的父親嘆口氣說：“快別提他了，小兒左思的學習，還不如我小時候，看來沒有多大的出息了。”說著，臉上流露出失望的神色。這一切都被小左思看到聽到了，他非常難過，覺得自己不好好念書確實很沒出息。于是，暗暗下定決心，一定要刻苦學習。
日復一日，年復一年，左思漸漸長大了，由于他堅持不懈地發(fā)奮讀書，終于成為一位學識淵博的人，文章也寫得非常好。他用一年的時間寫成了《齊都賦》，顯示出他在文學方面的才華，為他成為杰出的文學家奠定了基礎。這以后他又計劃以三國時魏、蜀、吳首都的風土、人情、物產(chǎn)為內(nèi)容，撰寫《三都賦》。為了在內(nèi)容、結構、語言諸方面都達到一定水平，他潛心研究，精心撰寫，廢寢忘食，用了整整十年，文學巨著《三都賦》終于寫成了。
《三都賦》受到諒也評，人們把它和漢代文學杰作《兩都賦》相比。由于當時還沒有發(fā)明印刷術，喜愛《三都賦》的人只能爭相抄閱，因為抄寫的人太多，京城洛陽的紙張供不應求，一時間全城紙價大幅度上升。
故事出自《晉書·文苑·左思傳》。成語“洛陽紙貴”，稱頌杰出的作品風行一進。
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