一诺千金

Yī Nuò Qiān Jīn

一句承诺，重过千金。形容说话算数，非常守信用。

A single promise is worth a thousand gold — a person whose word can always be trusted.

秦qín朝cháo末mò年nián，有yǒu一yí个gè叫jiào季jì布bù的de人rén，以yǐ守shǒu信xìn用yòng闻wén名míng天tiān下xià。他tā答dā应yìng别bié人rén的de事shì，再zài难nán也yě一yí定dìng做zuò到dào。

当dāng时shí人rén们men中zhōng间jiān流liú传chuán着zhe一yī句jù话huà：“得dé黄huáng金jīn百bǎi斤jīn，不bù如rú得dé季jì布bù一yī诺nuò。”意yì思si是shì说shuō，得dé到dào一yì百bǎi斤jīn黄huáng金jīn，也yě比bǐ不bù上shàng得dé到dào季jì布bù的de一yī句jù承chéng诺nuò。

后hòu来lái楚chǔ汉hàn相xiāng争zhēng，季jì布bù在zài项xiàng羽yǔ手shǒu下xià做zuò将jiāng军jūn，多duō次cì打dǎ败bài刘liú邦bāng。刘liú邦bāng当dāng了le皇huáng帝dì后hòu，下xià令lìng悬xuán赏shǎng捉zhuō拿ná季jì布bù。可kě是shì没méi有yǒu人rén愿yuàn意yì把bǎ他tā交jiāo出chū去qù——因yīn为wèi他tā向xiàng来lái守shǒu信xìn，救jiù过guò许xǔ多duō人rén，大dà家jiā都dōu敬jìng重zhòng他tā。

最zuì后hòu，一yī位wèi叫jiào朱zhū家jiā的de人rén替tì他tā向xiàng刘liú邦bāng求qiú情qíng，说shuō季jì布bù是shì个gè有yǒu信xìn义yì的de人rén，杀shā了le他tā实shí在zài可kě惜xī。刘liú邦bāng听tīng后hòu不bù但dàn赦shè免miǎn了le他tā，还hái让ràng他tā做zuò了le官guān。

从cóng此cǐ，“一yí诺nuò千qiān金jīn”就jiù成chéng了le中zhōng国guó人rén心xīn中zhōng最zuì宝bǎo贵guì的de品pǐn格gé之zhī一yī。

At the end of the Qin dynasty, there lived a man named Ji Bu, famous across the land for keeping his word. Whatever he promised, he would do — no matter how hard.

There was a saying going around in those days: “A hundred pounds of gold is worth less than a single promise from Ji Bu.”

Later, during the wars between Chu and Han, Ji Bu served as a general under Xiang Yu and defeated Liu Bang many times. When Liu Bang became emperor, he put a bounty on Ji Bu's head. But no one was willing to turn him in — because Ji Bu had always kept his word, had helped many people, and everyone respected him.

In the end, a man named Zhu Jia pleaded with Liu Bang on Ji Bu's behalf, saying it would be a shame to kill a man of such integrity. Liu Bang not only pardoned him but gave him a government post.

Ever since, “a promise worth a thousand gold” has stood in Chinese hearts as one of the most precious qualities a person can have.