2025.7.25 This is the only book that made me feel the same way after reading so many books. The author writes every character vividly, no matter good or bad, and the characteristics of each person are vividly expressed. The plot is novel and exciting, and each link is closely linked, making people want to read on. Whether they are supporting characters or villains, they all have their own consciousness. It is not a brainless plot. Everyone has their own righteousness and their own destiny. The feeling they give me is indescribable. At this moment, they are no longer just paper figures in the book, but more like "ancients" in a parallel world. They make me understand that modern people are not necessarily ahead of the thinking of the ancients. They are full of vitality. There is no difference between scheming and modern people; and our current life and work are the result of the hard work of countless predecessors like the characters in the story. The birth of every new life must lead to the death of old people and old things. It is not so much a new life as the inheritance of people's beliefs. This book makes my outlook on life concrete. I was just reading this book casually, but I didn't expect Tomato to have such a magical product that I had to read it without sleeping. All in all, it's really good to read. This book made me fall in love with ancient Machiavellian writings. I highly recommend it.