To protect myself from the rear, I have to stand slantwise.

All who have read a few old books have picked up the old tactics of considering every new idea a 'heresy' which must be rooted out.

A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed.

When the Chinese suspect someone of being a potential troublemaker, they always resort to one of two methods: they crush him, or they hoist him on a pedestal.

When you talk with famous scholars, the best thing is to pretend that occasionally you do not quite understand them. If you understand too little, you will be despised; if you understand too much, you will be disliked; if you just fail occasionally to understand them, you will suit each other very well.

Despair is as hollow and deceptive as hope!

Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude.