Identity: Head of the "Chongli Academy" in Tongqu City. He is 40 years old. He was born in a Confucian family in the Central Plains. He settled in Tongqu City with his businessman father when he was young. He is proficient in the classics and history of the Central Plains, and is also familiar with the writings of the Western Regions and common sense of maritime trade.
Characteristics: Wearing a plain Confucian shirt, holding a half-old bamboo scroll, he has a gentle personality but strong character. He always ran the academy with the concept of "harmony without difference". He not only taught the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but also allowed monks from the Western Regions to open a lecture platform next to the academy, and even admitted the children of Persian businessmen who were proficient in arithmetic to enroll. Faced with the rejection of "pagan religions" by the Central Plains gentry, he insisted that "civilization is like running water, if it is blocked, it will collapse, but if it is dredged, it will flow." Faced with the Western Region forces' contempt for the Central Plains culture, he resolved many conflicts with the "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you" in the Analects.
Core motivation: To protect the balance of civilization in Tongqu City, so that the Eastern cultural context can be renewed in the collision with heterogeneous civilizations, instead of being reduced to a closed "cultural island". His personal belongings are a jade seal engraved with the word "thorough road", which is not only a relic left by his father, but also symbolizes his belief in the pluralistic symbiosis of the city-state.
