The Master, having come to Wû-ch’ǎng, heard there the sound of stringed instruments and singing.
Well pleased and smiling, he said, “Why use an ox knife to kill a fowl?”
Tsze-yû replied, “Formerly, Master, I heard you say—‘When the man of high station is well instructed, he loves men; when the man of low station is well instructed, he is easily ruled.’ ”
The Master said, “My disciples, Yen’s words are right. What I said was only in sport.”