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〃Do you understand the evolution of dragons?〃 asked Cao Cao of the guest。
〃Not in detail。〃
〃A dragon can assume any size; can rise in glory or hide from sight。 Bulky; it generates clouds and evolves mist; attenuated; it can scarcely hide a mustard stalk or conceal a shadow。 Mounting; it can soar to the empyrean; subsiding; it lurks in the uttermost depths of the ocean。 This is the midspring season; and the dragon chooses this moment for its transformations like a person realizing his own desires and overrunning the world。 The dragon among animals pares with the hero among people。 You; General; have traveled all lakes and rivers。 You must know who are the heroes of the present day; and I wish you would say who they are。〃
〃I am just a mon dullard。 How can I know such things?〃
〃Do not be so modest;〃 said Cao Cao。
〃Thanks to your kindly protection I have a post at court。 But as to heroes I really do not know who they are。〃
〃You may not have looked upon their faces; but you must have heard their names。〃
〃Yuan Shu of the South of River Huai; with his strong army and abundant resources: Is he one?〃 asked Liu Bei。
His host laughed; 〃A rotting skeleton in a graveyard。 I shall put him out of the way shortly。〃
〃Well; Yuan Shao then。 The highest offices of state have been held in his family for four generations; and his clients are many in the empire。 He is firmly posted in Jizhou; and he mands the services of many able people。 Surely he is one。〃
〃A bully; but a coward。 He is fond of grandiose schemes; but is devoid of decision。 He makes for great things but grudges the necessary sacrifice。 He loses sight of everything else in view of a little present advantage。 He is not one。〃
〃There is Liu Bia
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