Ling Feng, a modern special forces soldier, accidentally traveled to the troubled times when Qin destroyed Chu. He escaped from a pile of corpses and was reduced to a defeated Chu army. Carrying a lighter with the word "progress" engraved on it, he led young Awu to wander around, adhering to his grandfather's teachings of "don't bully the weak" in the flames of war. From the beginning, he was a soldier who only wanted to survive, and gradually developed a heart to protect others.
Passing through Songhai, Lingfeng met the Mohist disciples who fought side by side against the Qin Dynasty, and was inspired by the Confucian scholar Kong Xiu. He first realized the true meaning of "benevolence" - not weakness and compromise, but the protection of change, flexibility and strength. In order to seek ways to protect the people, he went to Xiaoshengxianzhuang to study under Xunzi, integrating modern cognition and Confucian concepts, abandoning the pedantry of traditional Confucians and the brutality of military strategists, and embarking on a unique path of "a military ruffian and Confucian".
The whole book is based on the theme of "Stubborn Stone - Scrap Iron - To Be Forged - Forged Steel - Sword Tempering - Testing the Edge - Casting the Soul". Through Ling Feng's introspection, self-realization and practical growth in troubled times, it shows a different kind of Confucianism: taking benevolence as the heart, using the sword as protection, protecting the common people in the fire of war, sticking to the original intention in the changing situation, writing a legend of mind cultivation in troubled times that spans time and space.
Intention: Choice is inevitable, but if you face it bravely, you will definitely be able to find your own way.