Ming Li-kuo notes that there are still some elderly Eskimos who believe that being eaten by a polar bear is a great honor which means one's descendants will be able to eat polar bears. In this exchange of life, the hunter and hunted have equal status.
明立國以愛斯基摩人為例，愛斯基摩老人認為被北極熊吃掉是光榮的，未來他的子子孫孫也會獵捕北極熊，生命互相交流，二者生命其實是對等的、均衡的。