Water can float a boat, and it can also capsize it.
Jia Lingyun, hailing from a later era, understood this principle all too well.
How many emperors, generals, and ministers had tried to muzzle the common people, guarding against them as if blocking a torrential river? During the Warring States period, Shang Yang’s reforms in the Qin state had turned thoughtful, ambitious commoners into killing machines.
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