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enlisted crier was ordered to vociferate his loudest. The 

 boat came after he shouted a few times. It is written that 

 the Sage does not readily overlook the service of any man 

 with ability. Just as Lao Tzu expresses it : 



THERE IS NO MAN QUITE USELESS : THERE IS NO 

 ARTICLE THAT IS WORTHLESS. THESE PRINCIPLES 

 ARE THE TWOFOLD ESSENTIALS OF A CIVILIZED 

 STATE. 



(30) Who should get the decoration? — Tzu Fa attacked 

 and overcome Ts'ai. The (King) Hsuan Wang met him 

 on his return. He apportioned 100 ch'in of the best land 

 to him for the purposes of sacrifices. But Tzu Fa refused 

 this grant on the grounds that all government administration, 

 and tributes, and the visits of the Feudal Lords were the 

 result of the King's merits. The issue of commands, the 

 distribution of orders and the dispersion of the enemy even 

 before the army was engaged in battle were the result of- 

 the awe inspired by the chief magistrate. The victory of the 

 army in battle was the result of the soldiers effort. To> take 

 advantage of these successes to increase the emoluments of 

 the nobility would be neither humane nor just." Hence he 

 refused. This episode shows what Lao Tzu says : 



HE HAS ACHIEVED SUCCESS BUT DOES NOT 



THINK OF IT : 

 THE VERY FACT OF NOT DWELLING ON IT 

 ENSURES THAT THE RENOWN SHALL ABIDE 

 WITH HIM. 



(31) A contract is more than a scrap of paper. — Wen 

 Kung of Tsin in going to attack the Yuan State assured his 

 ministers that the enemy would submit in three days and 

 converted them to his enterprise by this hope. But when 

 the three days had passed without the capitulation, Wen 

 Kung withdrew his troops. An officer said the place would 

 capitulate in a day or two therefore let them hold on. 

 The Prince replied that he was fully convinced that Yuan 

 could be taken in three days w T hen he made the promise : 

 but as he failed to capture it within the prescribed time he 

 had given to his ministers, he had therefore broken faith 

 with them by such a promise of taking Yuan : so he would 

 not take it. When the people of Yuan heard this they said : * 

 "Having such a* Prince can we refrain from surrendering?" 

 Which they did forthwith. The people of Wen hearing 

 these things also begged to be received. Thus Lao Tzu says : 



HOW DEEP AND ABSTRUSE! WITHIN THE 

 TAO THERE IS THE ESSENCE, THE ESSENCE 

 IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE : IN ITS VERY CENTRE 

 REPOSE SINCERITY AND GOOD FAITH. 



