三军可夺帅也,匹夫不可夺志也
——《论语·子罕》
格言大意:一国的军队,可以被夺去主帅;一个普通的百姓,却不能改变他的志向。
Main Idea : The army’s commander-in-chief could be taken away by force , but the common people’s will could not be so changed.
不食周粟(Refuse to eat Zhou’s food)
商朝末年,周武王要讨伐商纣王,伯夷、叔齐认为这样做不仁慈。周武王讨伐商纣王成功,自己当了国王。伯夷、叔齐对周武王的这种做法感到羞耻,拒绝吃周朝的粮食,每天只野菜,最后饿死了。
At the end of the Shang Dyansty , King Wuwang of Zhou was about to attack King Zhouwang of Shang . Both Boyi and Shuqi thought this was merciless.Wuwang successfully defeated Zhouwang and he founded the new dynasty of Zhou and became the king himself . Boyi and Shuqi felt ashamed of what Wuwang did and refused to eat the food of Zhou Dynasty . They lived on weeds and died of hunger at last .
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