"Now there was word from the capital that a request for the reinstatement of former officials had been sanctioned, and he was busily pulling strings to find some opening. "
Thus a test that involved pulling strings or operating levers would tend to favor a cat, while a test involving moving from place to place, where speed is a measure of performance, would favor a dog.
Alone in front of the window, let the wind blow, look at the flowers falling, under the yellow flower tree, are you fling the jade flute again, drunk and pulling strings? Looking forward to thousands of years, my life is gone.
