... Ji Kang traveled with him (Sun Deng) for another three years and asked him where he wanted to go, but in the end he didn't answer. Kang sighed every time. The general said, "Sir, are you speechless?" Dengnai said, "Do you know fire? Fire is born with light, but it does not use its light, and the effect lies in using the light. People are born with talents, but they do not use their talents, and the effect lies in using their talents. Therefore, using the light is to get a salary, so to keep one's glory; to use the talent is to recognize the truth, so to keep one's years. Today's talents are too many, so it is difficult to avoid the current world! Is there nothing to ask for?" Kang can't use it, and the result is a bad fate.
——"Book of Jin·Biography of Sun Deng"
First drafted on 2007.05.28
Revised on 2021.04.25
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