Jian Wu asked Sunshu the Proud:
-What are you doing with your heart? You were an adviser to the Chu king three times, but you did not boast; They were removed from this post three times, but they were not sad. At first I was afraid for you, but now I see that your face is cheerful.
- Why am I better than others? - Sunshu the Proud answered. “When this post was given to me, I could not refuse; when it was taken away, he could not hold it. I believe that gains and losses do not depend on me, and all that remains is not to be sad. Why am I better than others? And besides, I don’t know, is the value in that service or in me? If in her, then not in me; if in me, then not in her. Here I hesitate, here I look around, where will I find the leisure to understand whether people value me or despise me?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru