The story of going against the spirit of a command is universal. When I was learning Japanese, I was told this story: Hashi : chopsticks, edge, bridge A youn

The story of going against the spirit of a command is universal. When I was learning Japanese, I was told this story: Hashi : chopsticks, edge, bridge A young monk was studying at a temple, inside the temple ground there was a garden with a bridge to an island. The senior monk told the student that he was to not cross the bridge"Hashi wa dame". Every day the young monk studies and meditated but he was not reaching enlightenment. One day, he crossed the bridge and meditated and had a vision on the island. He then share his vision with the other monks and the senior monk said to him "I told you not to cross the bridge" and the young monk replied "Master, I thought you were telling me not to walk on the edge, I went down the middle." Both stories are very anti-establishment in nature and teach us that in order to get what we desire we may have to look for loopholes.