A
visiting dignitary had been greeted by Master Li and asked to a sumptuous
dinner. Moments later, a beggar came to the temple. Master Li excused himself
from the dinner and greeted the beggar warmly and asked him to share the dinner
with him and the dignitary. The dignitary was outraged. “How can you greet this
beggar the same as me?” he demanded to know. “I am impartial to all” replied
Master Li; “the beggar, the dignitary, the king. Who are you not to be?” asked
Master Li of the dignitary.
