A Human Face and a Dog's Heart

What causes an upright person to take one step after another toward corruption? What makes him learn to use the power in his hands to do whatever he wants? The Great Xia Kingdom is like a mirror, reflecting and replaying a series of spectacles that seem beautiful, seem sordid, seem like a donkey, and seem like a bird...

Desire governs everything, whether in officialdom, business, romance, or the lives of ordinary people. Once you desire something, you become its slave, whether it brings you joy or sorrow, or lands you in prison...

The legendary sage once put it this way: The Buddha says the world is not the world; that is why it is called the world...