The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.

I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able to then create many words out of one character.

If it is perfectly acceptable for a widow to disfigure herself or commit suicide to save face for her husband's family, why should a mother not be moved to extreme action by the loss of a child or children? We are their caretakers. We love them. We nurse them when they are sick. . . But no woman should live longer than her children. It is against the law of nature. If she does, why wouldn't she wish to leap from a cliff, hang from a branch, or swallow lye?

I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming -- weren't our dreams what gave us strength, hope, and desire?

Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

We're told that men are strong & brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat & bear physical & mental agony much better than men.