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“He couldn't from his own selfish interest stain Fu Shen with dirty water; the Marquis of Jingning's clean name up to now couldn't be tarnished by a crafty sycophant like him.”
― Cang Wu Bin Bai, Golden Terrace, Vol. 2

“An upright gentleman was like the splendor of he moon. You might not be able to meet one in a whole lifetime. He had only watched from afar, never daring to entertain the extravagant hope that the moon in highest heavens would one day land in his embrace.”
― Cang Wu Bin Bai, Golden Terrace, Vol. 2

“Husband and wife are one. There is no discussion of worthy and unworthy.”
― Cang Wu Bin Bai, Golden Terrace, Vol. 2

“Every woman should marry for her own advantage since her husband will represent her as visible as her front door[...] If she chooses a wastrel she will be avoidedd by all her neighbours as a poor woman; catch a duke and she will be Your Grace[...]. She can be pious, she can be learned she can be witty and wise and beautiful; but if she is married to a fool she will be that 'poor Mrs Fool' until the day he dies.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Queen