moral corruption

  • The Analects – Chapter 15.27

    The Master said, “Clever words corrupt virtue; lacking patience in small matters disrupts great plans.”

  • Caigentan 78. The corrosive chain of greed

    Once greed and selfishness dominate a man’s mind, his previously steel-like nature will become soft and weak; his intelligence will become blocked and dulled; his benevolent nature will become vicious; his pure spirit will become muddied; and the virtue he has accumulated over a lifetime will become dissipated.

  • Nine-Headed Insect and Journey to the West

    The Nine-Headed Insect, also known as the Nine-Headed Bird or Nine-Headed Avian, is a mythical creature in Chinese legends and serves as the original inspiration for the Nine-Headed Insect featured in the mythological novel Journey to the West.