"Everyone in the world knows that what is beautiful is beautiful, and that is evil; everyone knows that what is good is good, and that is not good. Therefore, existence and non-being are related to each other, difficulty and easy are complementary to each other, long and short are complementary to each other, high and low are tilted to each other, sounds are harmonious to each other, and front and back are to each other." - Tao Te Ching
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.