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Try to imagine yourself living in China during the warring states period.

Try to imagine you're born into poverty.

You have no real family to speak of.

I mean, your mom's a teenager.

Your dad's 70 years old.

And on top of it all, you're horrendously ugly.

As soon as Confucius was able to perceive the world around him, this is the world he

found himself in.

Now just a recap, the Joe dynasty was coasting to a stop.

War broke out everywhere between regional dictator warlords.

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