3. From then on, those preposterous and illusory evil doctrines took root in his immature mind. All day long, he longed for the “superhuman magic” of “sorcerers” and “swordsmen”; and for the “gallant spirit” of “armed guards” and “bandit chiefs”. After Liberation, he also frequently gathered a crowd to fight and bullied younger schoolmates, believing that this was the “heroic spirit” spoken of in those bad books.
