Taoism and Zen
By Yeiazel
Patience
A young scholar had been received in support of Mandarin. Before joining his first official assignment, he organized a party with her classmates to celebrate the event. During the evening, one of his friends who were already in position for some time, gave him this advice:
- Above all, remember: the greatest virtue of Mandarin is patience.
official novice and bowed respectfully to his eldest warmly thanked for this valuable recommendation. A month later, during a banquet, he advocated the same friend still well apply to the patient. Our young scholar thanked him with an amused smile. The following month, they passed each other in hushed corridors of a department. The elder grabbed the sleeve of the younger, pulled him towards him and whispered to his eternal counsel. The other, contrary to the label cocooned that prevailed in official buildings, abruptly withdrew his sleeve silk and cried
- You take me for a fool or what? That's three times you repeated the same thing!
While a procession of dignitaries turned outraged, the mentor said:
- You see, I have good reason to repeat it. My advice is not so easy to put into practice!
A moment of anger, burn it in an instant the wood has long been raised.
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