When a sage comes in contact with fools, he must not expect to be honoured, and if an ignorant man overcomes a sage in an oratorical contest, it is no wonder, because even a stone breaks a jewel.
What wonder is there that the song Of a nightingale ceases when imprisoned with a crow Or that a virtuous man under the tyranny of vagabonds Feels affliction in his heart and is irate. Although a base stone may break a golden vase, The price of the stone is not enhanced nor of the gold lost.
