He had to clearly recognize his own predicament.
Otherwise, once he offended the presence of that great person before him, this would obviously place him in an even worse situation.
Unless he wanted to seek death, and had long since lost the desire to live.
Otherwise, such faithful advice would surely be very directly communicated to everyone.
In the matter at hand, possessing an understanding of the problem's potential, the worst aspects to confront required a certain kind of analysis.
It was from the beginning that conclusions to the problems encountered were drawn.
The answers often became unnecessary under such recognition, facing other matters with more caution.
Thus, it should also be in these ideal confrontations with the problem itself that he would make decisions acceptable to himself.
The situation still should be met with a common understanding and a more appropriate recognition of the problem.
Such clear cognition still needed to be thought through by people.