Some of them took this ideal to such a level that they reached the position of '侠' ('kyo) in Japanese; 'xia' in Chinese) or '遊侠' (yukyo in Japanese; 'youxia' in Chinese, meaning knight errant).
この意識が非常に高揚して、「侠」あるいは「遊侠」という境地に達するものも現れた。