The Game of Chess

...played it. The king saw them at this amusing game and wished to learn it himself; he asked the master Xerxes to teach it to him as well. Then the master said to the king, "No one shall learn this game unless he takes on a student’s disposition." By this, he meant that the king must allow himself to be corrected German: straffen. In this context, it refers to moral rebuke or the disciplinary guidance a teacher gives a pupil.. The king promised this to him and said he would gladly be corrected, as he was compelled by the beauty and novelty of the game.

Then Xerxes showed and instructed the king in the squares of the board and also the ranks German: gestandes. In medieval chess allegories, the pieces represented the "estates" or social classes of society. through the forms of the king, the queen, and the other ranks. He led the king aside and presented him with a praiseworthy model for justice and noble conduct.

And there when the king heard this correction—for which he had previously put many wise men to death—he commanded him with a threatening decree to explain why he had invented the game. Xerxes answered him and said: red rubrication mark "My dear lord and king, it is my heart’s desire and constant will that you should lead a praised and princely life, one that is beyond reproach in the eyes of men, and that is surrounded by justice and adorned with virtues. In such a life, all people would love you; for currently you do not rule the people by right, but rather by forced power. For if you wish to command others while you cannot command yourself, you should reflect..."