“Enduring as heaven and earth—no love however ancient can ever die;
Timeless as light and shadow—no debt of breeze and moonlight can ever be repaid.”

Source: Dream of the Red Chamber (1958), p. 42

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Wang Chi-chen22

1899–2001

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