Prime Minister Zhang’s lectures lasted for over a week. He went into great detail, and we listened very carefully. However, when he reached the parts about knowing when to advance or retreat, not letting the King grow suspicious, and avoiding the appearance of being more accomplished than one’s master, we realized those concerns didn't apply to us at all.
Once we understood that, the group actually felt quite joyful. In our world, there are countless people more capable than our teacher. Many of us achieved the status of "ordinary students" precisely by surpassing our teacher’s own capabilities.
Prime Minister Zhang felt rather awkward when he reached that part of his lecture, but he was soon swept up in the atmosphere of our group. When he heard the students below say that there was no need to teach such things, as we were all ordinary students who had stood on our teacher’s shoulders to get where we were, he couldn't help but be moved.
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