6. Manipulating Different Information
If you make inquiries by manipulating different information,
then even unknown details will come to the fore. If
you know everything of something, then all the hidden
will be seen in a different light. The saying is based on
Marquis Chao's holding one of his nails in his fist. For
further illustration, when the knowledge of the conditions
outside the south gate became definite, conditions going
on in the other three directions were found out, too. The
Sovereign of Chou looked for crooked canes, wherefore the
officials became afraid of him thereafter. Pu P`i employed
[6]
a petty official as detective. Hsi-mên Pao pretended
[7]
to
have lost the linchpin of his carriage.
