"秋侵人影瘦，霜染菊花肥。"

"Su Tungp'o said: "Life is like a spring dream which vanishes without a trace." I should be ungrateful to the gods if …"

"Of a slender figure, she had drooping shoulders and a rather long neck, slim but not to the point of being skinny. He…"

"Tu's poems," she said, "are known for their workmanship and artistic refinement, while Li's poems are known for their…"

""If you are in love with a thing, you will forget its ugliness," said Yün."

"I hope you will find another one who is both beautiful and good to take my place and serve our parents and bring up m…"

"I remember that when we began our friendship, our minds were full of noble thoughts and we often thought of living a …"

"Yün, I think, is one of the loveliest women in Chinese literature. She is not the most beautiful, for the author, her…"

"Did Shen Fu, her husband, perhaps idealize her? I hardly think so. The reader will be convinced of this when he reads…"

"I don't do it for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Deals are my art form.…"