Leia quoted The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is …
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It's not us at fault, though—not us, and not her. It's everything. The whole hierarchy. The marshals and the nepotism and the magistrates, the bribes, pettiness, favoritism ... we're not to blame for Commander Yang being here. That was Gao Qiu—again—again—he put her in this place, disgraced her and banished her to this mountain where we now meet...
— The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang (40%)
...I don't think this is a commentary on just the Northern Song dynasty.