SUBJECT: "Calling thrice at the thatched cottage"
주제: "예를 극진히 하여 초빙함(삼고초려(三顧草廬))"
Since ancient times, there have been many efforts to recruit and to appoint talented strategists or great people to key positions in the country.
옛부터 나라의 요직에 재능있는 전략가나 위인을 모집하고 임명하기 위해 많은 노력을 해왔습니다.
It is because they have great influences on the fate as well as rise and fall of a nation.
이는 그들이 한 국가의 흥망성쇠 뿐만 아니라 운명에도 큰 영향을 주기 때문입니다.
Today's subject is an ancient anecdote that happened in the Three Kingdoms period of China, and is derived from the story that Liu Bei accomplished his feat by recruiting a person named Zhuge Liang.
오늘의 주제는 중국 삼국시대 유비가 제갈량을 영입하여 그의 위업을 달성한 일화입니다.
Zhuge Liang was known to the world as a person with excellent learning and strategy, so Liu Bei called three times at his thatched cottage to recruit him, and eventually Zhuge Liang supported Liu Bei in raising a nation and unifying the Three Kingdoms.
제갈량은 세상에 학식과 지략 있는 사람으로 알려져 있어, 유비는 삼고초려해서 결국 제갈량은 나라를 세우고 삼국통일하고자 유비를 도왔습니다.
Even today, countless attempts are being made by governments, corporations, profit making organizations to recruit talented people, and even sports clubs spare no money to recruit talented players.
오늘날에도 정부ㆍ기업ㆍ영리단체는 인재 영입을 위해 많은 시도를 하고 있으며, 또 스포츠 구단도 인재 영입을 위해 돈을 아끼지 않고 있습니다.
It proves that organizations can be led competitively by competent people and achievements are possible to be made only by talented people.
이는 조직이란 능력자에 의해 경쟁력을 가지므로, 오직 능력자에 의해서만 업적이 이루어질 수 있습니다.
Ultimately, what today's subject suggests to us is that we, too, need to become capable people so that we could be recruited for meaningful opportunities.
결국 오늘의 주제가 우리에게 시사하는 바는 의미있는 기회에 영입될 수 있도록 우리도 유능한 사람이 될 필요가 있다는 것입니다.
Also, if we are leading an organization, we must not neglect our efforts to recruit or nurture talented people for the development of the organization.
또한 만일 우리가 조직을 이끌고 있다면, 그 조직의 발전을 위해 능력자를 영입하거나 육성하기 위한 노력을 소홀히해서는 안됩니다.
In the end, it is very important to have a competitiveness whether it is an individual or an organization, so, let's remind that achievement belongs to the people with capabilities, and history is made only by the talented people.
결국 개인이든 조직이든, 경쟁력이 매우 중요하며, 업적은 능력자가 소유하며, 역사는 능력자만 만들어 감을 상기합시다.
The above essay based on the Today's English was written in English by Han Keum-dong Jovinus, translated by Lee Il-woo Cosmas and proofread by Kim Jin-bae Augustine.
Thanks for your reading it to the end,
and have a great day!