有一次,日本的德川家光将军洗澡,部下误将滚烫的热水倒了进去,家光在盛怒之下将总管家唤进来,命令将冲水的人处以死刑。总管家尽管认为死罪过重,还是说道:“是,遵命。” 总管家下去后并不执行这一命令,而是等到晚上,乘着将军谈天高兴的时候上殿请示说:“刚才主公指示处 On one occasion, Japan’s Tokugawa general took a bath and infamously poured hot boiling hot water into it. Under the wrath of his family, he summoned the chief steward and ordered the executioners to execute the death penalty. Although the chief steward considered the death penalty too heavy, he said: “Yes, obey it.” After the steward went down, he did not execute this order. Instead, he waited until evening when he came to the palace with pleasure as the general talked about.