How was being like them anything bad? One would handle matters with no constraints or scruples, do whatever they pleased, and was free from all of society's rules. Moreover, Yu Shengyan firmly believed that the nature of man was evil and that a dark side existed deep within everyone. It all came down to whether there was a chance to express it or not. All those so-called Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian sects spoke profusely of virtue and morality and how one should always embrace benevolence, when they were in fact merely covering up their own selfish desires with righteous causes. Not to mention that when it came to the competition for the throne of the world, the winner took it all. Under such circumstances, was there even a country's ruler whose hands were not covered in blood? And who could claim being cleaner than the others?
THOUSAND AUTUMNS (Meng Xi Shi)
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