Marco Polo (TV Series)

Prisoners (2014)

Chin Han: Jia Sidao

Quotes 

• Jia Sidao : You need only this. What do you see?

  Boy Emperor : A bug.

  Jia Sidao : You're most correct, but it is so much more. This mantis that I give to you was one of 300 nymphs, babies about this big. Imagine that, 300. The strongest among them kill the weakest among them until the very best are left. A mere handful. Now, this mantis will leave this life within 10 months of today. You must take this time as an opportunity to learn everything you can. To study, to practice, to absorb all the lessons of the mantis, for there are many. Patience, speed, adaptability, ruthlessness. The traits of a warrior king. Heed my words, my Emperor and you will become as the mantis.

• Jia Sidao : My Emperor, these men are all that remain of the Red Lotus. Traitors within the kingdom determined to undermine the Emperor's mission, determined to destroy the Emperor and his dynasty. They are your enemy. They are weak. They must be punished. What does the strong mantis do to its weaker brothers and sisters?

  Boy Emperor : [in a whisper]  Kill them.

  Jia Sidao : Hmm.