有个叫叶子高的人，总向人吹嘘自己是如何如何喜欢龙。他在衣带钩上画着龙，在酒具上刻着龙，他的房屋卧室凡是雕刻花纹的地方也全都雕刻着龙。天上的真龙知道叶子高是如此喜欢龙，很是感动。一天，真龙降落到叶子高的家里，它把头伸进窗户里探望，把尾巴拖在厅堂上。这叶子高见了，吓得脸都变了颜色，惊恐万状，回头就跑。真龙感到莫名其妙，很是失望。其实那叶公并非真的喜欢龙，只不过是形式上、口头上喜欢罢了。

       Lord Ye professed to love dragons.

      A Lord Ye of ancient times who was very fond of dragons adorned his whole palace -- beams, pillars, doors, windows and walls -- with drawings and carvings of them. When a real dragon in heaven heard of this it was deeply moved by his infatuation and paid him a visit. When Lord Ye saw the real dragon thrusting in its head through the window of his study and its tail moving in his palace, he was frightened out of the house for his life. Clearly, what Lord Ye loved was not the real dragons.;

      Lord Ye who claimed to be fond of dragons was scared out of his wits when a real one appeared.; Lord Ye's love of dragons; professed love of what one really fears; What one does belies one's commitments.
 
      To talk about “arousing the masses of the people” day in and day out and then to be scared to death when the masses do rise -- what difference is there between this and Lord Ye's love of dragons