If you hear their whispers too, don't panic;
if you accidentally stumble into their banquet, pretend you're one of them;
if they discover you, listen carefully to their stories;
if you want to find them, forget that they exist;
for bonds cannot be formed, and forming one leaves only an empty cicada shell.
Yuan Mei wrote in What the Master Would Not Discuss: “You must know that all kinds of beings are not alike. Some people know nothing of the strange, while some strange beings are more virtuous than humans. One must not cling to a single view.”
Feng Wuli knew from childhood that there were some friends he couldn't tell anyone about.
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My master has nine shadows, and now they've all run away
