4. The old lady said, "When you have merit, success will come automatically. This is all to it (耳)"
7. In the field, there is a tree, a rabbit came running, hit the tree, broke its neck and died".
8. If you want to govern today's people with the previous ruler's principles, then you are merely trust chance rather than show initiative. Here "guarding the tree" refers to the parable in #7.