Please listen to the voice of the wise.

Author: He Chengwei
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Many years ago, there was an old man considered the smartest person at the time. It was said that no problem in the world could stump him. A young man, however, was skeptical and wanted to trick the old man. One day, he caught a bird and asked the old man, "Old man, I have a bird in my hand. Do you think it's alive or dead?" The young man was quite pleased with himself because he knew that if the old man said the bird was dead, he would let it go; if he said it was alive, he would crush the bird. In either case, whatever answer the old man gave would be wrong. The old man simply stood there quietly, staring at him, and after a long while, said calmly, "Child, it depends on you." In your hands, success and happiness might be ruined, or an illusion could become reality. Which outcome it will be—whether the old man was right or not—"It depends on you." P16