Qui Jun and the Arrogant Wealthy Man

Once upon a time, there was a wealthy man called Shan who lived in a village in China. He was very popular. However, this made him very arrogant.

Qui Jun heard about his arrogance and wanted to teach Shan a lesson. He went to meet Shan. Dressed up as a commoner, he was ignored by Shan. Just then Shan's servant came with a message. "The son of an army officer is here to see you."

Shan said, "I will go and greet him"

Shan welcomed the son of the army officer respectfully.

After the army officer's son had left, Qui Jun asked Shan the reason for his two-faced attitude. "Why is it that you greeted the army officer's son so respectfully, yet behaved so arrogantly towards me?"

Shan had a quick reply, "Please don't get me wrong. For me greeting means not greeting, as not greeting means greeting."

Qui Jun understood Shan's mischief and hit him on his head with his stick.

"According to your logic, beating you means not beating you and not beating you means beating you. Therefore, I have to give you a beating," said Qui Jun.

Shan immediately realized the folly of his actions and started showing respect to everyone he met, irrespective of their status.

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