Hard and empty:

Hard — that on what it is possible to lean, will not fail. It is words or numbers which can trust. Man on which it is possible to rely — will not bring. Car which fully in good condition and tucked in petrol: in necessary moment led, and will depart. Hard — it and there is hard.

Empty — that on what it is impossible to lean — will fail. Information, which can appear false or incomplete, inexact. Soldier which will be scared and will escape. Friend which will promise and will not do. Factory which does for materials, producing nothing suitable. Empty — it and there is empty.

It is necessary to distinguish hard from empty.

It most important from all arts.

Combination hard and empty the empty gives. And that it can give yet?! Many businesses the human are produced for nothing, because contain anything empty.

A little boy a grand-dad gave stranger people to teach a handicraft. But they did not do it and yet very badly to him behaved. When it became quite too much to the boy, he wrote to the grand-dad letter. In detail and convincingly described the misfortunes, and here an address on an envelope wrote so very unconcrete: On the country to the grand-dad. A letter will not reach with such address, it is vain it will be to wait boy the grand-dad.

Table of contents of letter — it hard. And address — empty. As a result — empty.

We are in position of this boy more frequent, than our proudness can in it trust. In fact if among twenty hard elements — actions — though one appeared empty — all efforts disappeared to no purpose.

Separation hard from an empty like an action knife, clearing an apple.

The smell of apples each time reminds about this higher from arts — separation empty from hard.

Teaching of harem.

— I read all fourteen chapters of your treatise. Good treatise. But theory — one, and practice — other! you would not could to rotin the art in practice?!

— Can.

— And what needs you for this purpose army?

— Any.

— Then take my harem.

A war-lord built women in a court palace, breaking up them on two detachment for ninety persons in each. Explained where right, where left and what around. Chosen two favourite of prince and put them officers above detachments:

— I will give a command officers, and officers — to soldiers, — and ordered to the left!

Officers, laughing, repeated a command, and soldiers it made default : who turned to the left, who to the right, and who and quite sat down on a grass.

— Did not turn out, — a war-lord said, and repeated the explanation.

But also again turned out the same.

— Did not turn out again, - a war-lord said. — Who is guilty? I am not guilty, I repeated the explanation even. Soldiers are guilty? No, not guilty. Because officers gave commands thus, as though was not to execute it. Officers are guilty. To chop off them heads.

— No, it is not, — a prince said, - Sufficiently. I see that you are a good war-lord!

— No, prince, - a war-lord objected, - If we will not chop off them a head, about you will talk that for you war-lord, whosesoever orders are executed.

Heads chopped off, a war-lord had put other officers, and began to turn out.

— Here, prince. It yet not very much good army, but I am ready to go along with him and battle!

But a prince in vexation waved a hand and went away. Theory — it, indeed, one, and practice — other.