Part 5: On consistency; honesty, openness, plain speaking, reliability

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The coarse mat enters the town like a corpse; the butterfly enters the bush like a bird.

One's blindness should be absolute, and one's leprosy should pervade the whole body; half-blindness only brings dissensions.

It is completely that the masquerader covers his head with his shroud.

Turn your back you and you will discover how the deceitful person behaves; hide and you will find out what the detractor is saying.

Redness is the glory of brass; efficaciousness is the glory of medicine.

Firmly planted and unshakable is the way one finds the city fortification.

Lie and become renowned; once you have been found out the result is disgrace.

26. Corpses are carried on the head when being brought home from the farm or some other place; mats are also usually wrapped up and carried on the head .  [Back to text]