It is difficult to prosper a country
Bang: country. The country is prone to many disasters. Under certain conditions, it can inspire the people to work hard, overcome difficulties, and make the country strong.
Synonyms: Yuru Yucheng, after all the hardships, the rewards will come, the sad soldiers will win
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"Zuo Zhuan·The Fourth Year of Zhaogong": "The difficulties of neighboring countries, It may be difficult to consolidate the country and establish its territory; it may be difficult to lose the country and lose its defense. How can it be difficult for Qi to capture Huan Gong due to Zhongsun's difficulties? And to win Duke Wen is to be the leader of the alliance."
Translation: "Zuo Zhuan: The Fourth Year of Duke Zhao": "You cannot be happy about the misfortune of neighboring countries, or it is because of the many misfortunes. Consolidating the country and opening up territory, or losing the country and losing territory due to no disaster, how can we rejoice in the misfortune of Zhongsun in Qi, so Duke Huan became the overlord, and Qi still relies on it today? His shadow. The disasters of Rick and Pizheng occurred in Jin, so Duke Wen returned to the country and became the leader of the alliance. /p>
During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Ling of Chu massacred dissidents internally and wanted to be the overlord externally. He sent minister Wu Ju to Jin to ask Duke Ping of Jin to convene an alliance of princes with him, and to promote him as the overlord in the alliance.
But Duke Ping of Jin also wanted to be the overlord himself. However, Sima Hou, the official of Jin State, believed that it would take some time for Jin State to compete with Chu State for hegemony.
He said: "Although the King of Chu acted rebelliously, it was not to the point of collapse. Maybe God will wait until he has done all the bad things before punishing him, and the people of Chu will abandon him. At that time, he will be abandoned. , we will gain the position of overlord without fighting."
Dong Ping of Jin said: "If Chu is not united and is in trouble, can it be the overlord?"
Sima Hou said. : "It is certainly not a good thing for a country to have many disasters; however, sometimes, disasters can also turn into a force for them to revitalize their own country. For example, there was civil strife in Qi, the king was killed, and Prince Xiaobai quelled the civil strife. Duke Huan of Qi repelled the invasion of Lu and gained political power. He appointed the virtuous Prime Minister Guan Zhong to carry out reforms, and the country gradually became stronger and became the first overlord. Prince Chong'er of Jin was expelled from the country for a long time and went into exile. After many difficulties, he finally returned to his country and ascended the throne. . This is Duke Wen of Jin. He reorganized the internal affairs and strengthened the military strength, so it was difficult to rejuvenate the country sometimes, but if King Ling of Chu could not see his own crisis, he would be the overlord. It won't last long."
Jin Pinggong thought it was reasonable, so he made the alliance in June of that year and made King Chu Ling the overlord. The result was just as Sima Hou expected, after King Chu Ling became the leader of the alliance. , arrogant and arrogant, not interested in the prosperity of their country.
A few years later, his three younger brothers joined forces to launch a mutiny, and King Chu Ling was forced to commit suicide. He failed to revitalize his country in the midst of many disasters like Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin, but allowed the crisis to develop further during the disaster, and ended up ruining himself.
Later, the idiom "It may be difficult to consolidate the country and open up its territory" was extracted from the sentence "It may be difficult to consolidate the country and open up its territory", which is used to describe that although the country is prone to disasters and disasters, under certain conditions it can be restored. Inspire the people to work hard, overcome difficulties, and make the country strong.