Black Sail

Ancients, losing a single hair to benefit the realm, did not do so; mastering all under heaven for oneself, took nothing.

Everyone not losing a hair, everyone not benefiting the realm, thus the realm was governed.

This can mostly be understood as:

If a rule or system is given what is called emergency status or ultimate interpretative authority, the actual operation of this set of rules will always be in an emergency, always exceeding interpretative limits.

This will inevitably lead to chaos.

The Western Continent doesn’t have its own Yang Zhu, but it has its version of "saints do not die, great thieves do not cease."

The essence here is of a ranger, who had captured a wanted criminal with bounty on his head, but this man began to put on airs, stating he does not want the bounty, and serves for peace. The sheriff remarked that after you’ve acted so high and mighty, you make other bounty hunters seem naïve. You’ve set a precedent and now taking money seems crass, and capturing criminals has lost its fervor. These exiled criminals are now more rampant than ever., Ranger, I’ve played this game longer than you. Take my advice—take the money.

Common language, Cyrus script, also ideographic; allusions can be simplified by incorporating hyperlinks in dialogue.

Once, Liszt went against all advice just to get Haywood onboard, as for the others on the ship, they were part of the "all advice."

But Haywood’s behavior was too straight-laced; over the years suspicions were extinguished.

Who could have thought that, after several years, he would concoct something big—or rather, something invincibly massive.