Sean once wandered to a bridge in summer and autumn. At this moment, an old man in a coarse cloth and short coat walked up to Sean, deliberately let his shoes fall under the bridge, and turned to Sean and said, "Little fellow! Take my shoes under the bridge! " Sean was so shocked that he really wanted to beat him up. Thinking that he was an old man, he tried to hold back (anger) and went to the bridge to pick up his shoes.
The old man (to Sean) said, "Put on my shoes!" Sean (think, since) has helped (him) pick up his shoes (just helped him put them on), so he put them on his knees. The old man put out his foot (for Sean) to put on his shoes, and then (after putting on his shoes), the old man walked away with a smile. Sean felt very strange and watched him go.
After walking a mile, the old man turned back (to Sean) and said, "The little guy can still be educated! Wait for me here at dawn in five days! " Sean (more) thought he was very strange, and (just) knelt down and replied, "All right."
Five days later, at dawn, Sean went (to the dating spot on the bridge). The old man had already arrived first, and said angrily (to Sean), "What's the point of being late for a date with the old man?" Go (turn around) and say (while walking), "Come and meet early in five days."
Five days later, at dawn, Sean went. The old man arrived first and said angrily (to Sean), "(or) later, what's the point?" (turning to walk) said, "Come back early in five days!"
Five days later, before midnight, Sean went. After a while, the old man came and said happily (to Sean), "It should be like this." Then, he took out a book made of bamboo slips and said, "Read this book well, and you can be the emperor's teacher. In the next ten years, your career will flourish. You met me in northern Hebei for thirteen years, and Huangshi at the foot of Gucheng Mountain is me. " (Say that finish) and left without saying anything. (Sean) Never seen (the old man) again.
After dawn, (Sean) looked at the book he sent, which turned out to be Sun Tzu's Art of War. Sean thinks this fact is very strange. He often reads and studies this volume of art.