- The Arrogant General Fails
- 1 One day, Sahng-jeh-nim wrote the following for Jahng Sung-wun of Dae-heung Village, saying, “Keep it with care and read it later.”
- 將驕者敗 見機而作
- 2 The arrogant general fails.
Conduct your work after observing what there is to build on.
- Coveting a Position
- 3 “If you greedily desire a position that you do not deserve and obtain it, spirits will shove you out of it.
- 4 Do not covet a position. If you devote yourself to cultivating virtue and have a good mind, spirits will designate a position for you and will escort you to it with respect.”
- (JSD Dojeon 8,56)
