The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition: Revised for the Modern Ferengi were the result of Grand Nagus Zek's 2371 attempt to replace the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. Zek had been influenced by the Orb of Wisdom in an attempt to see the future. Instead, the Prophets altered Zek to make him eschew greed and embrace benevolence, causing great potential upheaval within Ferengi society, had the revised rules been released before Zek's mind was restored.