Hunger for recognition and personal profit was what drove them. They ran businesses, operated syndicates and got involved in politics. "Black gold" (political and financial corruption) was always a part of their way of life. It was only the most lowly among the xiake that resorted to attacking and plundering homesteads.
因此，現實中的「俠客」，鑄幣掘塚，甚而以企業化經營圖利；或者勾結牽連，以身從政，是自古皆然的，「黑金」可謂是歷史悠久的俠客行當，最不濟的俠客，才會去打家劫舍。