This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by the same name, written by a poet who was a courtier in the Ming dynasty. In the poem, the courtier asks the poet why he is forcing him to choose between the princess and the concubine, and the poet replies that he is merely a servant. The courtier then asks if the man would rather live or die, and if he would like to see his sister marry someone else
This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by the same name, written by a poet who was a courtier in the Ming dynasty. In the poem, the courtier asks the poet why he is forcing him to choose between the princess and the concubine, and the poet replies that he is merely a servant. The courtier then asks if the man would rather live or die, and if he would like to see his sister marry someone else