Wen wu contradicts the very American notion of John Wayne being the ideal of manhood. In the wen wu way of thinking, it's much more important to restrain rather than exert yourself through brute power.

Alex Tizon

Alex Tizon

American Being Brute Exert Ideal Important John John Wayne Manhood More Much Notion Power Rather Restrain Than Thinking Through Very Way Wayne Yourself

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