"Duyên hội ngộ, đức cù lao, Bên tình bên hiếu, bên nào nặng hơn? Để lời thệ hải minh sơn, Làm con trước phải đền ơn sinh thành."
— Nguyễn Du

January 1, 1970

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As you must weigh and choose between your love and filial duty, which will turn the scale? She put aside all vows of love and troth— a child first pays the debts of birth and care. — Lines 601–604