“Your fishy has appeared to have died of thirst. Have a band-aid, and come back to see me in two weeks.”

“A plate of roast duck, steamed dumplings, spicy noodles with beef gravy, pickled cucumbers, stewed tongue and eggs if you have them, cold please, and sticky rice pearls, too,' Ai Ling said, before the server girl could open her mouth. "I don't know what he wants." Ai Ling nodded toward Chen Yong.'I'm not sure I have enough coins to order anything more,' he said, laughing.”

“There are thousands of other women to choose from. You understand me? And this court runs on ambition alone.”

“A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.”

“He who knows does not speak; he who speaks does not know.”

“All the children who are held and loved...will know how to love others. Spread these virtues in the world. Nothing more need be done.”

“The punishment of vertical rending was given to those who had destroyed marriages to satisfy their own lust.”