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The unquiet sutra

Shuyao Cui

Glasgow School of Art

This project reinterprets a character—Fahai as a conflicted figure shaped by the tension between Buddhist discipline, social norms, and human desire. Instead of a traditional villain, he becomes someone torn between obeying doctrine and confronting the emotions he can no longer suppress. As this conflict intensifies, Fahai begins to question the very rules he once upheld, transforming from a flat moral enforcer into a layered, introspective character.

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