Employ the wise who will discern
The good and bad and do good turn.
Let him act who resource swells;
Fosters wealth and prevents ills.
Trust him in whom these four you see;
Love, wit, non-craving, clarity.
Though tried and found fit, yet we see
Many differ before duty.
Wise able men with power invest
Not by fondness but by hard test.
Discern the agent and die deed
And just in proper time proceed.
This work, by this, this man can do
Like this entrust the duty due.
His fitness for the duty scan
Leave him to do the best he can.
Who do duty for duty's sake
Doubt them; and fortune departs quick.
Worker straight the world is straight'
The king must look to this aright.
TESTING AND ENTRUSTING
