This gruesome story of revenge and deceit gave us the chengyu 病入膏肓. Bìng Rù Gāo Huāng. When any kind of situation reaches this condition, it's hopeless.

This story concerns the 3rd Century character Sima Hui, who lived not to upset anyone or take a contrarian stance against anything.

For the Season 4 closer, we end with a story taken from the Later Book of Han from the chapter all about the model official Zhang Gang.

Laszlo dredges up another great one from China's ancient times. This one not only features a story from Zhuangzi's Second Book of the Dao, but also stars the great Confucius himself.

This one comes from the Grand Historian himself, Sima Qian, who tells us all about Lord Zhai, a loyal and respected public servant during the long reign of Han Emperor Wu.

Everyone's favorite Daoist tells us the story about a young kid from the sticks who had a chance encounter with no less a personage than The Yellow Emperor himself.