“Looking back where once I walked through wind and rain — I return, and there is neither storm nor sunshine.”

Ding Feng Bo: Listen Not to the Sound of Rain on Leaves

“The great river flows east, its waves washing away all the heroes of ages past.”

Nian Nu Jiao: Memories of the Past at Red Cliff

“We cannot see the true face of Mount Lu — for we are in the mountain ourselves.”

Inscribed on the Wall at Xilin Temple