When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs. By force, brutal force, he eliminated all the other scripts. One script became the official script. All the others were banned. And those who used other scripts were punished severely. And then the meanings of all the characters, over the centuries, had to be kept uniform as a part of the political apparatus. So from the very beginning the written word was a powerful political tool.

We can't continue to be like this. Who am I? Your fiancée or your concubine?

Life is a journey, and you can't carry everything with you. Only the usable baggage.

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.

Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.

Indifference is the strongest contempt.

English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural.