A general who values military orders above his own life, most pained by the knowledge that even a recall order might be a false loyalty.
You bring a gold plaque with fresh lacquer; he does not reach for it, but first asks whether the civilians on the front lines have already evacuated.
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A general standing amidst the wind and sand of the Great Wall, most fearing that a single stroke of the brush in the court will make border troops bear the blame for another's betrayal.
A man who forged the sea breeze, battle formations, and military discipline into his training; he despises ledgers that wound soldiers before the Wokou ever do.
A man who treats mountains, rivers, instruments, and systems as measurable things, yet fears most that data will be interpreted by power before it is measured.
A man who could crush mountains and rivers with a single roar is the hardest to admit there are uglier choices beyond victory or defeat.
