The First Playboy of the Warring States

In 361 BCE, during the Warring States period, it was an era of great contention. That year, the ambitious young Sun Bin had just bid farewell to his master and gone down the mountain, preparing to head to Anyi in Wei to seek out his senior brother Pang Juan. That year, Pang Juan was still the grand general of Wei, holding great power. The era of Wei, the hegemon that shook the world, had already lasted sixty-two years, and it looked as though it would continue. That year, Duke Xiao of Qin had only just issued his call for talented people, and Shang Yang had not yet entered Qin; he was still a household retainer of Gongsun Cuo, a minister of Wei. That year, Tian Yinqi had not yet succeeded to the throne as the celebrated King Wei of Qi, and was still miserably serving as a hostage in Wei. Also in that year, Wu Jie transmigrated into the body of a wastrel young noble of Wei.

"I only wanted to live properly as a wastrel, but the times insist on making me into an elite destined to go down in history. I don't want this either." — Wu Family Annals of Chinese History, Wu Jie Section