“By resorting to illusions, the supreme expression of love is attained. Nothing can compare to it.”

—  Zhiyanzhai

As quoted in Enchantment and Disenchantment: Love and Illusion in Chinese Literature by Wai-yee Li (Princeton University Press, 1993), p. 159

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