洋猩說故事 Talovich Tells Stories

唐朝安史之亂還不夠慘，亂中有亂，劉展兵變，打敗鄧景山，但不久彌平。 王思禮原是高句麗人，與突厥哥舒翰在同一單位。後來為河東節度使，持法嚴謹，士卒紀律分明，資儲豐饒。後來管崇嗣接管，耗費殆盡，所以朝庭派鄧景山處理，結果處理失當。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Li Kuang/ Guang was a powerful commander in the 2nd century bce. The Hsiungnu/ Xiongnu called him the Flying Commander. He was also one of the greatest archers of his day. One day when he was out hunting, he had a very odd encounter. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

李廣是西漢名將，匈奴稱「飛將軍」。才氣高，射藝無雙。有一天打獵，發生了一件很奇怪的事情。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Sometimes you break things. There’s no use crying over spilt milk. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

甑是一種陶器，類似現在的蒸籠。孟敏破甑不顧，是東漢有節操的儒生。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Good grief, I talked for 33 minutes this time. But it’s a great story, about how a young man kept his temper under control, and eventually accomplished such great feats that his story is well known through the ages. The main part of the story takes place around 215bce. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Host...

我的媽呀，一講就三十三分鐘。雖然大家大概已經知道這個故事，但本猩認為這回的故事特別精彩。聽聽看吧。   文化是人類生存極為重要的資糧，政治不得凌駕于文化之上。而文化包括很多精彩典故、故事，如今天戰國末年韓國王室後裔，張良。從博浪沙到下邳橋下撿鞋子，發生很多事，請放輕鬆、放開、放下、放空，來聽故事。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/co...

Trends build slowly. Many earthshaking events have their source in minor, everyday occurrences that nobody pays attention to.   We mentioned Modu, the nomad commander, in episode 16E, Don’t Try This at Home. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

看似平凡無奇的小事，或許影響長遠。七十年前一個剛滿十五歲的英國小男孩去聽十六歲的男孩演唱，改變了時代。秦朝一個管車馬的小官吏跟一個亭長談得來，改變了中華。 第十六「回草原稱霸的冒頓單于」說了冒頓單于的故事。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Collectors have valued ancient bricks for centuries. Bricks made in the Han were often decorated with designs or good saying. Pi /Bi Yuan was a noted scholar in the 18th century. He received an extraordinary gift. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

清朝只要民眾服從，不鼓勵人民思考，所以興起了樸學，專研考據、訓詁，成就裴然。 畢沅(西元1730—1797年)學術貢獻很大，也培養了很多人才，如章學誠、孫星衍、汪中、段玉裁等皆出其門下。畢沅好古，所以過生日，下屬送上雅緻禮物。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Today’s story takes place in Chu in southern China, around 350 bce, during the Warring States period. A general placed his trust in a thief, who won the battle when the soldiers could not. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

楚國王族東陵連囂子發是將軍，廣結善緣，招募朋友，不嫌不遺。打敗了秦軍，母親不悅，子發收斂了。打不過齊，他的門客發揮了自己的專長來退敵軍，救了雙方兵卒之命、省了兩國的公帑。淮南子記錄了這段故事。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

The Manchurians conquered China and established the Ch’ing/Qing dynasty in 1644ce. They had a far smaller population than China and were culturally not as advanced, so to maintain their rule, they had to learn from China, and control the population. They demanded obedience, (leading many today to mistakenly think that Confucius wanted obedience), and raised the power and prestige of the emperor to...

清朝康熙的兒子胤礽壓力山大。清朝制度限制嚴峻，與孔子思想離很遠。如清人寫的弟子規，規定你必須這樣，不能那樣：不讓你思索，強調服從，嚴禁因材施教。孔子原意是怕人服從權威，建立健全人格，要自己思索；孔子認為你要這樣，好，可以，我們調節就好了，不要過火。胤礽如果二十歲能當皇帝，必然是政績裴然，可惜變為時代的犧牲品。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm5...

The purpose of education is to develop citizens who can contribute to society, and to show you how to lead a rewarding, rich life. Simply sitting at a desk staring at books is not what Confucius called an education. Confucius himself did not emphasize book learning. His teaching centered on ritual (which was very physical in his day), music (including singing, dancing, and martial arts), and arche...

我們往往將學習與讀書畫等號，但不盡然。很多重要的學習不在書本上。孔子重視的是人品的培育；知識是其次的。前人很讚賞「苦讀」，結果讀出酸味來了，不值得效法。 本猩一輩子都當老師，很愛看書，很重視教育，但教育應該是為了薰陶人格。錢財固然重要，我也很愛錢，但更重要的是，心安嗎？ 學校，不應該是醋酢工廠。學習，是要活絡，不該悶。學而時習之，不亦悅乎？ Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.first...

In our last episode we talked about the 鮮卑 Hsienpei/ Xianbei confederacy which established the Northern Wei dynasty. The military was staffed by Xianbei, and the civil service was run by Han Chinese. They attracted the best talent. Li Ch’ung /Chong (454 – 525 ce) understood that a government exists to serve the people, not to be at odds with the people. Leave a comment and share your thoughts: h...

鮮卑建立北魏朝，他們許多制度為隋唐打基礎、影響後代。 壽春縣苟泰兒子失散，多年後出現于趙奉伯家，到底是誰的孩子？李崇妙判。 後來李崇為涼州刺史，安撫人民以誠以信。兗州劫賊多，農民建議李崇建鼓亭。 又：我們現在說大漢溪，是大嵙崁的轉音，均為Mkgogan的譯音。漢人到三峽，取名三角湧，而本來名字Bngciq是泰雅語，意思是芒草叢生的地方。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dl...

The 鮮卑 Hsienpei/ Xianbei confederacy swept down from Siberia to enrich themselves in warmer, wealthier northern China. Some of them settled down, and founded the Northern Wei dynasty. Eventually, the Northern Wei split into the Eastern Wei and Western Wei. The Eastern Wei was led by Kao/Gao Huan, born Han Chinese but culturally Hsienbei; the Western We was led by Yüwen T’ai/Tai, born Hsienbei bu...

鮮卑人建立北魏，後來北魏分西魏與東魏。高歡統治東魏，他是鮮卑化的漢人；他的死對頭是西魏的統治的，漢化的鮮卑人宇文泰。 西元五三七年，他們在沙苑廝殺，西魏勝，而後糊塗的莫多婁貸文不聽侯景的話，自己送死。五七八年，在河橋之戰，宇文泰險些落入東魏士兵的手，幸好 李穆機智，救了他。高敖曹之死對東魏打擊很大。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comm...

Culture is always more important than politics. Discussing China, I discuss the culture, regardless of nationalities or politics. Gods in China have never been ‘worshipped’ in the Western sense. They are expected to perform, and they are subordinate to the people. Anybody can become a god, just as any male could take the Imperial Examinations and rise to the highest positions in the government. Bi...

政治不可凌駕于文化之上。文化是傳承、是長久、是日常生活的模式。 中華以民為天，如尚書泰誓「天視自我民視，天聽自我民聽」。神要要為民服務，而不是高高在上令人膜拜。好人都可能當神，如關公。同樣，帝制時每一男生可以讀書，如果能力夠，可以當一人之下，萬民之上的宰相，而不問出生。臣子需要規諫，皇帝需位納諫。 有時候不是那麼愉悅。東漢光武帝想出去玩一下，剛直不阿的申屠剛就是不准。 申屠剛主張，「王事失則神祇怨怒...

Last Friday was the Ullambana, a ceremony to feed ancestors and wandering spirits. Tradition holds that when a person dies, their spirit may return to visit, escorted by a Sha Shen, a malicious god, to keep them in line. To avoid the Sha Shen, if people know when the departed spirit is returning, they leave their houses for the night. What would you do if you ran into a Shan Shen? Leave a comment...

中元節剛過了，我們講個應景的故事吧。 一個才一個戈，是「殺」的本字。煞車的「煞」，是「殺」的另一種寫法。煞神是凶鬼惡神，千萬不可犯煞！ 以前的人認為，人死後若干日，魂就回老家，由煞神押送，所以叫做回煞。家人要迴避，以免觸到煞神。 Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm98dlbl2057101tm59mdezmd/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting