用英語講故事|Painting Cakes To Satisfy Hunger 畫餅充飢
During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a man in the state of Wei named Lu Yu. Although he came from a poor family, he studied diligently and eventually became an official in the imperial court due to his talents.
三国时候，魏国有个人叫卢毓。他虽然家境贫寒，可是他刻苦学习，凭借自己的才学入朝做了官。
As an official, he was upright and honest, serving for more than three years, during which he offered many valuable suggestions. Emperor Wen of Wei trusted him greatly.
他为官清正，任职三年多，提出了不少好建议，魏文帝很信任他。
At that time, officials were generally selected based on personal recommendations, and recommenders often only recommended famous people. When selecting Zhongshu Lang, Emperor Wen of Wei said to him: "This selection requires your recommendation. Don't just select those who have reputations but no real talents. The reputation is like drawing a pie on the ground, it cannot relieve people's hunger! "
那时选拔官吏，一般是凭人推荐，而推荐者往往只推荐有名的人物。在选拔中书郎时，魏文帝就对他说："这次选拔，要由你来推荐。选拔的人不要只挑选那些有名声而没有真才实学的人。名声就像在地上画个饼一样，不能解除人的饥饿！"
Lu Yu replied, "Your Majesty is correct， the selection of talents cannot only depend on the reputation. However, I think that reputation can also reflect some actual situations, and reputation is also a reference condition for selecting talents. If a person has high moral character and strong ability, He is very famous, so you have to choose him. Your Majesty is correct to oppose the selection of talents based on reputation alone, but you cannot dislike someone just because he is famous. I think an evaluation system for officials should be established to measure their authenticity. Talent and noble character.”
卢毓说：“陛下说得不错，选拔人才确实不能只看他是否有名声。不过我以为，名声也能反映一些实际情况，名声也是选拔人才的参考条件。如果一个人道德品质高尚，能力强又很有名气，就不能不选他。陛下反对只凭名声选拔人才是对的，但也不能一听某人有名就讨厌他。我想应该建立对官员的考核制度，以衡量他们的真实才能和高尚品格。”
Emperor Wen of Wei thought that Lu Yu's suggestion of establishing an official evaluation system was very good, so he adopted this suggestion. Emperor Wen of Wei once said "painting cakes to satisfy hunger" was passed down and became an idiom.
魏文帝认为卢毓所提的建立官员考核制度的建议很好，就采纳了这个建议。而魏文帝说过的”画饼充饥“就流传下来，成为了成语。