Gunyi Bo became famous for his strength among the rulers. Tangqi Gong told the Zhou king Xuyinwang about him. The king prepared gifts to invite him, and Gunyi Bo appeared. Seeing his weak figure, suspicion crept into Xuyinwan’s heart.
-What is your strength? - he asked doubtfully.
“My strength, your servant, is only enough to break the leg of the spring locust and break the wing of the autumn cicada.”
“My heroes have enough strength to tear the skin of a rhinoceros and drag away nine buffaloes by the tails,” the sovereign exclaimed in anger, “and I am still upset by their weakness!” How could you become famous for your strength throughout the entire Celestial Empire if you can only break the leg of a spring locust and kill the wing of an autumn cicada?
- Fine! - Gunyi Bo said, taking a deep breath. “I, your servant, dare to answer the king’s question with the truth.” Taught me, your servant, the Mentor from Shangora. There is no equal to him in strength in the entire Celestial Empire. But none of the six relatives knew about this, because he never resorted to force. I, your servant, served him, risking my life, and then he told me, your servant: “Everyone wants to see the unprecedented - look at what others do not look at; everyone wants to master the inaccessible - do what no one is doing. Therefore, the one who learns to see begins with a cart with brushwood; the one who learns to hear begins with the sound of a bell. After all, what is easy inside you is not difficult outside you.”
My glory, your servant, is not in abusing my power, but in how to use it. Isn't that better than abusing your power?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru