三八就是二十三

很多事情不必爭~~退一步海闊天空

顏回愛學習，德性又好，是孔子的得意門生。一天，顏回去街上辦事，見一家布店前圍滿了人。 他上前一問，才知道是買布的跟賣布的發生了糾紛。只聽買布的大嚷大叫：「三八就是二十三，你為啥要我二十四個錢？」

顏回走到買布的跟前，施一禮說：「這位大哥，三八是二十四，怎麼會是二十三呢？是你算錯了，不要吵啦。」

買布的仍不服氣，指著顏回的鼻子說：誰請你出來評理的？你算老幾？要評理只有找孔夫子，錯與不錯只有他說了算！走，咱找他評理去！

顏回說：「好。孔夫子若評你錯了，怎麼辦？」

買布的說：「評我錯了輸上我的頭 。你錯了呢？」

顏回說：「評我錯了輸上我的冠。」二人打著賭，找到了孔子。

孔子問明了情況，對顏回笑笑說：「三八就是二十三哪！顏回，你輸啦，把冠取下來給人家吧！」

顏回從來不跟老師鬥嘴。他聽孔子評他錯了，就老老實實摘下帽子，交給了買布的。那人接過帽子，得意地走了。

對孔子的評判，顏回表面上絕對服從，心裡卻想不通。他認為孔子已老糊塗，便不想再跟孔子學習了。 第二天，顏回就藉故說家中有事，要請假回去。

孔子明白顏回的心事，也不挑破，點頭准了他的假。顏回臨行前，去跟孔子告別。孔子要他辦完事即返回，並囑咐他兩句話：「千年古樹莫存身，殺人不明勿動手。」

顏回應聲「記住了」，便動身往家走。

路上，突然風起雲湧，雷鳴電閃，眼看要下大雨。顏回鑽進路邊一棵大樹的空樹幹裡，想避避雨。 他猛然記起孔子「千年古樹莫存身 」的話，心想，師徒一場，再聽他一次話吧，從空樹幹離開。 他剛離開不遠，一個炸雷，把那棵古樹劈個粉碎。

顏回大吃一驚：老師的第一句話應驗啦！難道我還會殺人嗎？

顏回趕到家，已是深夜。他不想驚動家人，就用隨身佩帶的寶劍，撥開了妻子住室的門栓。顏回到床前一摸，啊呀呀，南頭睡個人，北頭睡個人！他怒從心頭起，舉劍正要砍，又想起孔子的第二句話「殺人不明勿動手」。 他點燈一看，床上一頭睡的是妻子，一頭睡的是妹妹。

天明，顏回又返了回去，見了孔子便跪下說：「老師，您那兩句話，救了我、我妻和我妹妹三個人哪！您事前怎麼會知道，要發生的事呢？」

孔子把顏回扶起來說：「昨天天氣燥熱，估計會有雷雨，因而就提醒你『千年古樹莫存身』。你又是帶著氣走的，身上還佩帶著寶劍，因而我告誡你『殺人不明勿動手』。

顏回打躬說：「老師料事如神，學生十分敬佩！」

孔子又開導顏回說：「我知道你請假回家是假的，實則以為我老糊塗了，不願再跟我學習。你想想：我說三八二十三是對的，你輸了，不過輸個冠; 我若說三八二十四是對的，他輸了，那可是一條人命啊！你說冠重要還是人命重要？」

顏回恍然大悟，「噗通」跪在孔子面前，說：「老師重大義而輕小是小非，學生還以為老師因年高而欠清醒呢。 學生慚愧萬分！」

從這以後，孔子無論去到哪裡，顏回再沒離開過他。

有時你爭贏了你所謂的道，卻可能失去更重要的;事總有輕重緩急之分，不要為了爭一口氣，而後悔莫及！

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10 Amazing Coincidences

What's in a Name?A computer error gave two women in America called Patricia the same social security number. When the two women were brought together in an office to rectify the blunder, they discovered that they had both been born with the names Patricia Ann Campbell.
Both of their fathers were called Robert Campbell.
Their birthdays were on 13th March 1941.
They had both married military men in the year 1959 (within eleven days of each other).
They each had two children aged 19 and 21.
They both had an interest in oil painting.
Both had studied cosmetics.
Both had worked as book-keepers.

Bullet With Your Name on It
In 1893, Henry Ziegland ended a relationship with his girlfriend.
Tragically, his girlfriend took the news very badly, became distraught and took her own life.
Her distressed brother blamed his sister's death upon Henry, he went round to Henry's house, saw him out in the garden and tried to shoot him.
Luckily, the bullet only grazed Henry's face and embedded itself in a nearby tree.
In 1913, twenty years after this incident, Henry decided to use dynamite to uproot a tree in his garden. The explosion propelled the embedded bullet from the tree straight into Henry Ziegland's head - killing him immediately.

Lucky Hughs?
On December 5th 1660, a ship sank in the straights of Dover - the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams.
On 5th December 1767, another ship sank in the same waters - 127 lost their lives, the only survivor was noted to be Hugh Williams
On 8th August 1820, a picnic boat capsized on the Thames - there was one survivor - Hugh Williams.
On 10th July 1940, a British trawler was destroyed by a German mine - only two men survived, one man and his nephew - they were both called Hugh Williams.

With a Quack Quack Here
Mr McDonald was a farmer who lived in Canada - nothing extra-ordinary in that - until you learn that his postcode contained the letter sequence EIEIO.

'Til Death Did Them Part

In 1996, Paris police set out to investigate a late night, high speed car crash, both drivers had been killed instantly.
Investigations revealed that the deceased were in fact man and wife.
Police initially suspected some kind of murder or suicide pact but it became apparent that the pair had been separated for several months - neither could have known that the other would have been out driving that night - it was just a terrible coincidence.

She's Behind You!

Michael Dick had been travelling around the UK with his family to track down his daughter, Lisa - who he had lost contact with ten years earlier.
After a long fruitless search, he approached the Suffolk Free Press, who agreed to help him by putting an appeal in their newspaper.
Fortunately, his long lost daughter saw the appeal and the pair were reunited. The odd thing was, his daughter had been right behind him when the free paper took the photograph - shown in the photograph above. What are the chances of that!
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Licensed To Thrill
A fifteen year old pupil at Argoed High School in North Wales was to sit his GCSE examinations in 1990.
His name was James Bond - his examination paper reference was 007.

What Goes Around….
In 1965, at the age of four, Roger Lausier was swimming off a beach in Salem - he got into difficulties and was saved from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise.
In 1974, on the same beach, Roger was out on a raft when he pulled a drowning man from the water - amazingly, the man he saved was Alice Blaise's husband.

Lightning Never Strikes Twice?
British cavalry officer Major Summerford was fighting in the fields of Flanders in the last year of WW1, a flash of lightning knocked him off his horse and paralysed him from his waist down.
He moved to Vancouver, Canada, six years later, whilst out fishing, Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again and the right side of his body became paralysed.
After two years of recovery, it was a summers day and he was out in a local park, a summer storm blew up and Major Summerfield was struck by lightning again - permanently paralysing him.
He died two years after this incident.
However, four years after his death, his stone tomb was destroyed - it was struck by lightning!

Practice What You Preach
Businessman Danie de Toit made a speech to an audience in South Africa - the topic of his speech was - watch out because death can strike you down at any time.
At the end of his speech, he put a peppermint in his mouth, and choked to death on it!

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(Courtesy of XciteFun.net)

为何生气时呼喊？

Guru Gyan Says

养生蔬果及其他

Are You Drinking the Right Tea?

1. People who use their "brain" to work or students who study hard day and night

--- should drink more Chrysanthemum Tea.

2. People who need a lot of body energy to work or those people that do a lot of exercise everyday

--- should drink Wu Long Tea.

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3. People who travel on a bike or work in dirty and polluted places

--- should drink Green Tea.

4. For people who likes to sit down all day long and not doing anything even exercising

--- must drink Green Tea and Flower Tea.

5. People who smoke and drink a lot of alcoholic drinks

--- should drink more Green Tea.

6. Carnivore (those people who must eat meat at least once a day), or feel sick or not feeling well

--- try to drink some Wu Long Tea.

7. People who go to the washroom too often or too less

--- should drink more Honey Tea.

8. People with high cholesterol and high blood pressure

--- Wu Long Tea, Green Tea.

9. Those who work with computers everyday
--- need to drink a Lot of Tea (any tea will do).

Whenever you are working with the computer, you should make some tea; drink it when you are free.

Drinking Tea is healthy, it can protect and prevent the harmful ultraviolet light from harming us (when using computer).

Furthermore, it can also cure us when we are tired and help make our body feel fresh again.

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(Courtesy of a forwarded mail from Ho Lee Choo)

Read the Number on Fruits

Conventional Fruit Labels
Four digits starting with 4

Organic Fruit Labels
Five digits and starts with number 9

Genetically Modified Fruits
Start with the digit 8

So next time you go shopping, remember these critical numbers and know how to avoid purchasing inorganic and GMO fruits.

Shop Safe: This is good to know because stores aren't obligated to tell you if a fruit has been genetically modified­.

So if you come across an apple in the store and it's label is 4922, it's a conventional apple grown with herbicides and harmful fertilizers.

If it has a sticker 99222, it's organic and safe to eat.

If it says 89222, then do not buy!!!! It has been genetically modified (GMO).