Marco Polo (TV Series)

Feast (2014)

Tom Wu: Hundred Eyes

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Hundred Eyes : In Kung Fu, we say "One hand lies,

  [attempting blows] 

  Hundred Eyes : the other hand tells the truth."

  [counter-strikes] 

  Marco Polo : Try that again.

  Hundred Eyes : If you one day you make it back to the West, what will you tell men of this strange word, "Kung Fu?" Will you tell them that it means to fight? Or will you say, like a monk from Shaolin

  [inhales sharply] 

  Hundred Eyes : to summon the spirit of the crane and the tiger?

  Hundred Eyes : [both grunting and panting]  Kung Fu. It means, "supreme skill from hard work."

  Hundred Eyes : A great poet has reached Kung Fu. The painter, the calligrapher, they can be said to have Kung Fu. Even the cook, the one who sweeps steps, or a masterful servant, can have Kung Fu. Practice. Preparation. Endless repetition. Until your mind is weary, and your bones ache. Until you're too tired to sweat. Too wasted to breathe.

  Hundred Eyes : [continues dueling]  That is the way, the only way one acquires Kung Fu. Unfortunately boy, you have not.

• Hundred Eyes : If the gods are always watching, we might as well put on a good show. The inability to sleep is the curse of the aged and the guilty.

  Kublai Khan : And the gout-stricken.

  Hundred Eyes : Pardon me. I foolishly assumed you were dreaming about your brother's head rolling in the dirt, his body, a feast for vultures.

  Kublai Khan : Do they hate me?

  Hundred Eyes : It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.

  Kublai Khan : You're a drunken fool.

  Hundred Eyes : So, kill me.

  Kublai Khan : I have thought about it.

  Hundred Eyes : But you wish to sleep.

  Kublai Khan : I know you want to tell me one of those endless stories from that infernal Chinese teacher of yours.

  Hundred Eyes : No stories tonight, Sire.

  Kublai Khan : No Zen riddles?

  Hundred Eyes : I will offer a truth instead. Had you spared Ariq you would have encouraged other traitors.

  Kublai Khan : His execution was just.

  Hundred Eyes : No. But it was necessary in that moment, to preserve your Empire.

  Kublai Khan : You ease one worry, but aggravate one greater.

  Hundred Eyes : As life is wont to do.