One day confucius chanced upon a new village and as usual he was seated outside the village under a tree. People began to come to him with all their problems and questions.
An army general who was camped closer to the village heard about this and came to see him. He had a bird concealed within his ha...nds and was bent on testing the wisdom of confucius.
The general went before the sage and said, "O wiseman people say that you have magical abilities to solve problems, i want you to answer a problem of mine. I have a bird within my hand, could you please tell me if its alive or dead."
His intentions were such that if confucius would say it is alive, he would kill it and show him the dead bird to prove him wrong on any counts.
The wise sage said, "Son, the fate lies in your hands".
The fate lies in your hands
Posted - Sep 10 2012 : 1:45:34 PM
