Saturday, July 03, 2004

千秋羞咏豆萁诗

后汉魏王曹操长子曹丕,篡汉称帝.有弟曹植,字子建,聪明绝世.操生时最所宠爱,几遍欲立为嗣而不果.曹丕衔其旧恨,欲寻事而杀之.一日,召子建问曰:"先帝每夸汝诗才敏捷,朕未曾面试.今限汝七步之内,成诗一首.如若不成,当坐汝欺诳之罪."子建未及七步,其诗已成,中寓规讽之意.诗曰:

煮豆燃豆萁,豆在釜中泣.
本是同根生,相煎何太急.


曹丕见诗感泣,遂释前恨.后人有诗为证:

从来宠贵起猜疑,七步诗成亦可危.
堪叹釜萁仇未已,六朝骨肉尽诛夷.


N.B. 昔日的茅芦中虽然地方窄人数少,可是兄弟们都同心协力,携手合作,为了的只是雄心壮志理想,光明未来.今日的豪宅中虽然地方宽人数多,可是兄弟们却勾心斗角,互相残杀,为了的只是个人利益,势力巩固.

N.B. As a follow-on to the above, it is also worthwhile to mention that the Nightcrawler Lucien Lacroix has also once said that nature does not tolerate excesses. If you have too much of something, there will always be someone wanting to take that something away from you. So perhaps you should ask yourself, have your excesses been a blessing or a curse? Please kindly refer to my previous post "CERK Radio 40Mhz - Blood Money" for the exact quotation.

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