Once upon a time, there was a wealthy man who had three sons, the eldest of whom went to serve the king. The next son went away to do business to feed himself and the youngest son was ordained as a monk. A long time later, the father passed away. The three sons started quarreling over their father's inheritance. No matter how long and hard they quarreled with one another, they still could not reach any agreement or find any solution. Thus, they went to a judge to ask him help solve their problem of dividing inheritance among themselves. The judge tried to solve their inheritance-sharing issue, but the three sons were not satisfied with the judge's decision, so they finally went to see the king and told him everything.
After having taken the matter into account, the king said: "The eldest son who went to serve the king for his own honor and interest and the next son who went away to do business to feed himself should get a part of the inheritance each and the youngest son who was ordained as a monk in order to make merits for the parents should get two parts." The three sons accepted the king's decision said goodbye to him and returned to their respective homes. The king settled the inheritance-sharing issue for those three sons very fairly and impartially.
