This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between the father and son. The father tells his son that he's offering a reward for the capture of the two conspirators, but the son refuses to believe him. He tells his father that he has lost to another disciple, and that his failure has made him a laughingstock in the inner court. The son asks his father why he is offering such a bounty, and the father tells him that the two men are his "preys."