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.