Because of their ego, people always think they are unique.
The truth is, even princes and ministers will eventually become dust, and the mirror of history brings only confusion and perplexity to those who come after—when emperors must seek power through sibling rivalry and father-son betrayal, how can you expect ordinary people to do better?
Shouldn't rules be formed by the upper impacting the lower, not by the lower impacting the upper?
Most people's life efforts are nothing more than a lonely boat in a stormy sea, seeking temporary stability.
He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.
Shan Peng, what a person he is, naturally practices self-awareness. He knows that repeating Shennong's experiment may lead to repeating Shennong's fate; he is not confident about it, otherwise why would he disturb the monk's solitude?
"You all have obsessions."
