"Eight hundred years of accumulated burdens are too heavy; without the most thorough suffering, true greatness cannot be achieved."
"Without experiencing a pain that pierces to the marrow, there will be no true peace."
Gongyang Suwang realized what the king in front of him intended to do.
Jiang Wanxiang said, "Gongyang Suwang, you mentioned that within the Confucianism Academy, each Palace Master pursues their own goals and learns the ideologies of other schools. But has the Master ever studied the chronicles?"
"Do you know the various reforms during the resurgence of previous dynasties?"
"Do you know why they couldn't complete them? Do you understand why those scholars who possessed talents as vast as the heavens and earth, who were compassionate to all life, couldn't succeed even though their reforms hit the crux?"
Gongyang Suwang looked at the king before him: "Like a sword."
"The blade points at oneself, extremely difficult."
