Zhang Dai Quotes

[Kneels before the shrine] Lord of the blue sky, great Tengri. I bow before you. Give me the strength.

愿天下有情的都成了眷属。

我是个多愁多病身，怎当你倾国倾城貌。

The most important lyrical drama in the history of Chinese literature.

好句有情怜皓月，落花无语怨东风。

The Western Wing is not a work written by an individual named Wang Shifu alone; if I read it carefully, it will also be a work of my own creation, because all the words in The Western Wing happen to be the words that I want to say and that I want to write down.

兰闺深寂寞，无计度芳春。
料得高吟者，应怜长叹人。

月色溶溶夜，花阴寂寂春。
如何临皓魂，不见月中人。

A masterpiece of the first order in Chinese literature.