you must not use wood to put out the fire.
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season.
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods.
prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it.