The Man Who Faked His Music King Xuan of Qi was fond of music. In particular, he enjoyed listening to a wind instrument called the "yu". He appreciated it most when the yu was played by a band of about three hundred musicians.
One time there was a vacancy in the royal band. When Nanguo heard about it, he applied for the uo was not a musician at all. He had applied for the post simply because he was poor and it paid well.
Nanaguo was lucky. Nobody knew he was faking. His luck did not last long, though, because King Xuan soon died and young Prince Min became Min also enjoyed listening to the yu. Unlike his father, he preferred listening to the musicians playing solo. As soons as Nanguo got wind of the news, he sneaked away as fast as he could.
齊宣王喜歡聽竽，尤其是三百人大樂隊的.吹奏。有一次，宣王招聘樂師。南郭先生聽到了這訊息，就前往應聘。南郭先生其實不會吹竽。他應聘的原因，是因為他家貧，兼且樂師的待遇又豐厚。南郭先生相當幸運，沒有人發覺他在樂隊中裝模做樣，冒充內行。可是好景不常，宣王不久去世，閔王繼位。閔王也愛聽竽，不過，他跟他的父親不同，他喜歡聽樂師們一一獨奏。南郭先生知道後，便馬上溜走了。