Wu cleared his throat softly.<br/><br/>"Actually, I did mean do not ask me to sing.  I recite poetry and remember the classics as well as any other student who is diligent in reading, but singing?  Ahhhh...alas, that would be most inauspicious, to do such a thing!"<br/><br/>He managed a wry smile.<br/><br/>"As for this one, he is a humble wandering student who declined the signal honor of a proper post to wander the world and gain wisdom through contemplation.  While I might have earned high rank though my exams, there was another who clearly deserved the reward for which we competed...my verse was sweeter, but he had the greater wisdom.  A pity my father did not understand the gesture."