Chapter 50 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms – titled “Guan Yu Releases Cao Cao at Huarong Trail” – concludes the epic Battle of Red Cliffs not with a final blow, but with an act of moral complexity that reshapes history.
3.1 Confucius said of the head of the Ji family when he had eight teams of dancers performing in his courtyard, “If this man can be endured, who cannot be endured!”