The legend has it that in the State of Qi
(403—221 B.C.), King Xuan loved to hear
the Yu (an ancient Chinese instrument) played by 300 hundred players.
Once when there was a vacancy in the ensemble, a
man coming from the south applied for the post and was accepted. But he
didn't know how to play.
Entertained by the Yu music, the king was
very satisfied and treated his Yu players very well. The man was pleased too,
for he no longer worried about being discovered as an
imposter.
Several years later King Xuan died. His son who took the throne also
loved Yu music. But the new king preferred to hear the Yu played one by one.
Hearing the news, the man fled.
Moral:
Hold a post without
adequate qualifications, just like the man passing himself off as one of the
players in the ensemble, simply to make up the
number.
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