Conversations of the Taoist Master Fu Hsiang

Fu Hsiang: So you wish to travel to the well, but you want me to draw the water.

Tsia Tung: Master?

Fu Hsiang: One day I will not be with you, and then others will come to you and ask questions. If you cannot travel to the well of truth yourself, and draw the water, how will you be able to answer them?

Tsia Tung: Master, I am sorry. I did not mean to offend you.

Fu Hsiang: You cannot offend me. I am not offended. But there is a skill that you must learn, of being able to answer questions as well as ask them.

Tsia Tung: In this case, I feel my answers will be inadequate.

Fu Hsiang: We should feel no shame at being wrong in our answers. The only cause for shame is in not attempting to answer at all. You have already proved yourself worthy by asking a good question. You prove yourself doubly worthy by trying to answer it. But you are not alone, for Men Chow is interested in the answer himself.