ABSTRACT
When Confucius was on his way to the Ch'u State, he came to a forest where he saw a hunchback catching cicadas as though with his hand.
It is still the delight of the Chinese gamin to capture the noisy 'scissor-grinder' with the aid of a long bamboo tipped with bird-lime. 'How clever you are !' cried Confucius. 'Have you any way
of doing this? 'Way', i.e. road, is the primary meaning of TAO. 'I have a way', replied the hunchback. 'In the fifth and sixth
moons I practise balancing two balls one on top of the other. At the top of his pole.
