his arms and pour it out into the ditch. While his efforts 
     were tremendous the results appeared to be very meagre.
          ‘Tzu-Gung said, “There is a way whereby you can 
     irrigate a hundred ditches in one day, and whereby you 
     can do much with little effort. Would you not like to hear 
     of it?” Then the gardener stood up, looked at him and 
     said, “And what would that be?”
          ‘Tzu-Gung replied, “You take a wooden lever, 
     weighted at the back and light in front. In this way you 
     can bring up water so quickly that it just gushes out. This 
     is called a draw-well.”
          ‘Then anger rose up in the old man’s face, and he 
     said, “I have heard my teacher say that whoever uses 
     machines does all his work like a machine. He who does 
     his work like a machine grows a heart like a machine, and 
     he who carries the heart of a machine in his breast loses