"All I know came from my father, who learned from my grandfather. It was a time when wars were raging everywhere. My grandfather was leading a vagrant life and begged for a living when he ran into a person of unusual abilities, from whom he learned, and then became a very capable man. Later, when our modern state was established, our line of work was harshly repressed and reprimanded for being feudal superstitions. Even legitimate religions such as Buddhism and Taoism were secluding themselves in the mountains; being a common craftsman, my grandfather had to keep his profile even lower."
The following day, Xue Zhao was sitting on a somewhat shabby sofa in the old residential building, listening to Li Daoyu's narration.
