Disciples

Chapter 26

Original
The elders stand, the young do not sit;

Elderly sit, life is to sit.

Translation
If the elder is still standing, as a junior, you should not sit down; you can only sit down when the elder tells you to sit down when the elder sits down.

allusion
Zhang Liang was a Korean in the Warring States Period.One day, while he was walking on a bridge, an old man dropped a shoe under the bridge.The old man said to Zhang Liang: "Young man, help me pick up the shoes." Zhang Liang picked up the shoes for the old man.The old man said again: "Put it on for me!" Zhang Liang wanted to do a good job to the end, so he knelt down on the ground and put the shoes on for the old man, showing great respect.The old man stretched out his feet and told Zhang Liang to put on his shoes, smiled mysteriously, and left without saying a word of thanks.Unexpectedly, the old man walked a mile away, but he turned back and said to Zhang Liang, "Young man, I think you are worth teaching, and five days later in the morning, you will still meet me at the same place. "Although Zhang Liang felt strange, he still agreed.

Five days later in the morning, when Zhang Liang arrived, the old man was already waiting there.The old man was very unhappy when he saw Zhang Liang, and said, "Come back in the morning five days later!" He turned his head and left.Five days later, as soon as the rooster crowed, Zhang Liang set off, but unexpectedly the old man arrived before him.The old man said angrily, "Late again! Come early in the morning after five days." Another five days later, Zhang Liang went to wait by the bridge in the middle of the night, and the old man came after a short time.This time with a smile on his face, the old man took out a roll of bamboo slips from his bosom, handed it to Zhang Liang, and said, "After reading this book, you can become the emperor's teacher."

After Zhang Liang returned home, he found that the book was "The Art of War of the Grand Duke", so he studied hard, and later followed Liu Bang to fight many victories for him.

(End of this chapter)