Contrary to impressions of a sophisticated, tranquil culture unmarked by personal lethality and the taint of aggression, strife and virtually interminable warfare quickly beset early China. As lust, assassination, and political murder proliferated in the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 BC), the accounts began to fascinate Chinese audiences, as well as stimulate imitators. Motivation varied from personal animosity and a desire for revenge to blatant...
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