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• She is a living work of art, a model that Modigliani never encountered in his lifetime. If Modigliani had met her, encountered an Eastern beauty, a Chinese beauty, he would surely have revised his aesthetic concepts, the world of art would be rewritten, and Modigliani's biography would also be rewritten; I truly believe this.
• Any student taught by schools and training classes has a certain craftiness and vulgarity, which is the fatal flaw of art.
• I have already mentioned this in my book. Some people you meet feel like you have known them for a long time, some you meet feel like you met them too early, and some you should never have met at all. What you mean now probably refers to the last type.
• There are two blessings in life: the love of art and the art of love.
• Anything that can penetrate soft materials like human flesh is called soft X-ray; if it can penetrate hard materials like human bones, it is called hard X-ray.
• I have set a main axis for my life, and that axis is to be a great intellectual, knowledgeable and independent, and to be practical and beneficial to the country and the people.
• Break through the net with words.
• Like a hermit, I prefer to be on the mountain, hating the worldly dust below.
• Although I am a fighter, I am very weary of interpersonal relationships. I believe that the domination of modern technology has made people increasingly weak, diminishing the individual's ability to resist the government and the environment, making individuals unreliable and unlovable.
• The more people I know, the more I like dogs.
• Those who grew up in a peaceful and prosperous era will not understand the practical significance of this view.
• I came with excitement and left with excitement; why bother to meet?
• Those who mistakenly believe in the division of spirit and flesh seem to have an additional layer of 'moral diaphragm' in their physiological structure. Above the diaphragm is benevolence and morality, is God; below the diaphragm are male thieves and female prostitutes, are devils.
• Worship the spirit and despise the flesh.
• The metaphysical has spirit but no flesh, the physical has flesh but no spirit; the former excessively enlightens the spirit, the latter excessively indulges desires, and the two reflect each other, ultimately becoming modern people who are neither spiritual nor fleshy.
• The heart condenses and the form releases.
• As far as I know, among ten bachelors, nine have homes that resemble dog kennels. I look down on those who turn their homes into dog kennels; I think such people are unqualified.
• The modern female ghost is certainly not the kind that terrifies people; everything is beautiful in modern times, including female ghosts. Modern female ghosts are tall, fair, slim, elegant and talented, with a good mind, a pair of long and beautiful legs, wearing jeans, just like you.
• There is no second way. The most perfect article has only one way to write, the most perfect sculpture has only one way to carve, the most perfect painting has only one way to paint, and the most perfect woman has only one way to grow. In ancient China, when describing beauties, it was said, 'Add one point and she is too fat, subtract one point and she is too thin.' This is just right; beauties are like this, and so are articles, sculptures, and paintings. In fact, everything in the world is like this. The reason why masters are masters, and beauties are beauties, is that they can present themselves so skillfully—neither excessive nor deficient. This presentation is the most perfect, so there is only one way, no second way.
• Fools only envy those who are higher than them, yet do not understand the insider's perspective.
• At twenty, if not beautiful; at thirty, if not strong; at forty, if not wealthy; at fifty, if not wise, this person will forever be neither beautiful, nor strong, nor wealthy, nor wise.
• However, I do believe that a person should have a little money, especially in totalitarian countries. Totalitarian countries have no freedom, but without money, there is even less freedom. One of the characteristics of such countries is that the government’s power is directly linked to your stomach; it often directly controls your stomach. If you want to eat, you have to rely on it and obey. Or you may not rely on it, but you have to rely on a boss, yet it will threaten your boss, causing you to lose your job; it’s the same. Therefore, in totalitarian countries where private property is still recognized, having a little private property, not relying on the government for food, and not relying on the boss for food symbolizes that you can still grasp some freedom. Since money symbolizes freedom, I have hidden a little money and presented an image of having some money to the outside world, not wanting to appear so 'declined', so poor and destitute.
• Being bitten is broad; it includes being interfered with, attacked, having your books banned, being blocked in the media while having court writers turn against you... all count as being bitten, and the last step is to arrest you and put you in jail.
• Speaking of which, there is a joke about Taipei citizens not obeying traffic rules. It says a person drives and runs a red light, but unexpectedly a police officer hiding behind a tree on the safety island jumps out and stops him. The police officer asks him, 'Didn’t you see the red light?' He replies, 'I saw it.' 'Then why did you run the red light?' The answer is: 'I didn’t see the police.'
• I believe that a first-class intellectual must take it as his duty not to follow the crowd, not to flatter the powerful, and not to cooperate with those in power.
• Flattering the powerful.
• Those who are close to the soil are certainly far from the bank.
• A first-class lover has no painful emotions because he clearly knows that pain is a useless emotion, the most detestable emotion.
• I believe that part of love is the relationship of spirit and flesh, and another part is a purely spiritual relationship. The relationship of spirit and flesh has its limits, but the purely spiritual relationship does not.
• Thin but not bony.
• In fact, the charm of enjoying young and beautiful women only exists under a few limited conditions, and exists eternally only under those conditions: in time, it is short; in space, it is distance; in relationships, it is mysterious; in parting and reuniting, it is impermanence.
• You seem to be a happy person, yet you are quite pessimistic about love.
• The real Tang Seng travels alone for thousands of miles; he is truly remarkable.
• Without desire, how can there be love? Without flesh, how can there be spirit? Between desire and spirit, between flesh and spirit, there are actually relationships of master and servant, of primary and secondary, of cause and effect; in fact, it is still fleshly desire that shines, and spiritual love that follows. It is just that spirit comes with flesh, and love comes with desire, and later it even becomes 'spiritualism' and 'goddess theory.'
• As far as I understand, happiness is not about completing something; happiness is about having unfinished tasks. It is always about doing that thing, seeming finished but not quite, almost finished but not.
• Do you mean happiness is just a process, not a result?
• Nature surpasses nurture.
• Birds fly over the river, casting shadows on the water. The bird departs, but the water flows long; does this shadow ever move? The wind passes over the calm lake, and the surface of the lake ripples lightly. The lake is calm, but it is difficult to return to its former state. For him to have a thought, ten years will not change. When called, he will return, as if lost yet real.
• Do you know that seawater can freeze? Do you know how it freezes? Do you know there are stories of resistance within it that do not freeze? Seawater, due to its salt content, freezes at a lower temperature than freshwater. When it begins to freeze, circular spots form on the surface, soon becoming crystalline, but the frozen parts are still freshwater, with salt separating out, remaining in the unfrozen seawater, called brine. As the temperature continues to drop, the brine continues to freeze, but in the end, there is still a portion of salt crystals or highly concentrated brine that refuses to freeze.
• Those who rely on fantasy for survival do not face reality, which is not healthy for them.
• The female protagonist in 'The Great Thief' is the most admirable. A woman will follow her man to the ends of the earth for love, willing to face death. Love is everything to a woman, as can be seen.
• In fact, blind people are not worthy of discussing love because they do not know how to love. Blind people do not understand love; they merely have blind faith in love.
• Truth, goodness, beauty.
• However, when it comes to the realm of truth and falsehood, goodness and evil, one cannot be so carefree in life. Morally, we are compelled to seek truth amidst falsehood; to promote goodness and suppress evil. If we take a beautiful perspective on truth and goodness, turning a blind eye to falsehood and evil, we will commit moral errors.
• The essence of women is aesthetic.
• I believe that all relationships between men and women are aesthetic relationships; love should be like this, breaking up should be like this, marriage should be like this, divorce should be like this. Between men and women, there is nothing but beauty, nor should there be anything else. If anything else mixes in, the whole thing becomes chaotic.
• Art is indeed a realm of escaping reality, fundamentally also a realm of beauty.
• Tyranny is lenient towards them because they deal with beauty, not with truth and goodness.
• 'Strange emotions' are expressions that transcend 'mundane emotions'; 'mundane emotions' themselves are not necessarily to be avoided, but 'strange emotions' are even more desirable.
• 'Mundane emotions' themselves are not necessarily bad, but if one comes with 'strange emotions' instead of 'mundane emotions', that would be even better.
• In the north, there is a beautiful person, unique and independent; with a single glance, she topples a city, with another glance, she topples a nation.
• From the perspective of 'mundane emotions', seeing life and death parting, everyone meeting for the last time is a necessary and natural emotion; how can one not meet? But from the perspective of aestheticism, not meeting is even better; 'to meet is worse than not to meet' is better; not meeting is more beautiful, more desirable, more lovely; this is 'strange emotions.'
• The value judgment of 'strange emotions' is unique and independent; its measurement and identification of gains and losses differ from the standards of 'mundane emotions.'
• One of the standards of 'strange emotions' is the ability to 'let go'; there is also a situation that counts as a form of 'letting go.' For example, a matter or a relationship that should develop to its end, but you do not want it to develop to its end, deliberately leaving it unfinished.
• Students do not need to fully affirm their teachers; half and half, not blindly following, is the way of life.
• Those who do not know me like to read my articles. Those who know me like to listen to my speeches. Those who understand me like me as a person.
• When the clouds pass, when the rain passes, when everything has passed, I take Xiao Yu to the bathroom.
• 'Whatever' is a phrase that is indifferent, rude, irresponsible, and slippery. I do not want to be friends with those who like to say 'whatever.' Only dancers like to say these three words.
• I can hardly remember how many postures there are, can hardly count how many times, and can hardly count how many times we have gone in and out, in and out, in and out together, carefree, lingering together, entwined together, floating together; the time we spend without clothes is almost more than the time we spend with clothes; the time of taking off and putting on is almost enough to make the clothes protest.
• In many ways, our lives do not necessarily surpass those of ancient people; now, taking the parts of ancient people that 'first capture my heart' into my own life for appreciation and enjoyment is truly worthwhile.
• Dropping the book bag.
• True erudition spans ancient and modern, East and West.
• Trust and the pulse of fish.
• Daring to boast of skill with ten fingers, not painting long eyebrows. Bitterly regretting year after year, pressing needle and thread, making wedding clothes for others.
• Excessively confronting reality makes it impossible to live, because it is too tense.
• This experience with banned books makes me feel that when you spread the truth, the resistance is not only from tyrants but also from ignorant people! Further reasoning shows that the resistance is not only from tyrants but also from the mob!"
• Listen well, Xiao Yu, listen to me. Life will encounter various difficulties; how to face the easily scattered clouds is one of them. After the clouds pass, throughout history and across cultures, negative emotions are often used as the tone, from lingering thoughts to sorrow, from painful memories to sentimentality, from 'sorrowful soul' to 'deeply moved'... all are a bit sad, three parts desolate.
• The relationship of love is like climbing a mountain together; on the way up, we can be together.
• Let us kiss to part!
• I always feel that love should not wait for another person; love should not be an art of waiting too much. Love is a bit like parallel cars; it always moves forward, and no one should wait for anyone. Everyone can meet and part, can stop briefly in the woods, but these are all accidental, with no competition, no race, no dragging of feet in pity. Once one side experiences a delay, a malfunction, or an accident in moving forward, do not expect the other cars to wait for you.
• The Greek god Zeus.
• Forgetting emotions is to be silent and unmoved, as if the one who forgets.
• Forgetting emotions is the same. Forgetting emotions is not being emotionless, but being emotional; however, being emotional does not get entangled or troubled by emotions, but rather handles emotions with openness and ease.
• In the parting and reunion of love, especially during farewells and breakups, one can best see the level of a lover.
• What is transformed is the essence, what is preserved is the spirit.
• The poem titled 'Old Love'
  • Good flowers should be picked, because flowers will age. Do not wait for them to bloom; pick the flowers while you can. Spring should be sought, because spring will age. Do not wait for winter to leave before looking for spring. Love should be severed, because love will age; the laboring swallows fly first, which is for the good of both.
• The poem titled 'Then Go on a Long Journey'
  • When flowers bloom, they should be appreciated, then go on a long journey. Only by not waiting for the flowers to wither can one remember the flowers' redness. When there is wine, one should drink it fully, then go on a long journey. Only by not waiting to be drunk can one feel slightly sober. When there is love, one should love, then go on a long journey. Only by loving briefly can one love eternally.
• In love, suffering is a sign of narrow vision, a sign of a narrow heart, a sign of a technical error. A truly first-class lover does not suffer for love, as a foreign poet said: 'Ah! Love!' They greatly misunderstand you; they say your sweetness is pain, when your abundant fruit is sweeter than any fruit.
• The poem titled 'Love is Pure Happiness'
  • Love is not pain; love is pure happiness. When you have pain, something has gone wrong. Love is elusive; love is hard to measure. But those who love do not feel lost at all. Love is ever-changing; love is like the east wind's cruelty. But those who love still find their harvest. Love is warm and cold; love is fleeting like smoke. But those who love do not feel the slightest regret. Love is not pain; love is pure happiness. Whether it comes, goes, exists, or not, it is all sweet, without bitterness.
• Do not love too much, just love a little bit.
  • Others' love is as deep as the sea, my love is shallow. Do not love too much, just love a little bit. Others' love is as long as the sky, my love is short. Do not love too much, just love a little bit. Others exchange glances, I only steal a glance at you.
• They can only arrange some abstract nouns into a combination, and what they produce has no meaning at all.
• In fact, the so-called good people in the world are really quite bad. How can good people be bad? They can be bad, and I will point out three main reasons. The first bad thing about good people is: they do not dare to compete with bad people. They fear bad people, and because they fear them, they do not dare to compete. The creation of bad deeds in the world has two reasons: one is that bad people do bad things; the other is that good people tolerate, watch, and even tacitly allow bad people to do bad things. As a result, capable or potentially capable good people, when they have the opportunity, abandon the actions to strike against bad people and stop them from doing evil. Thus, bad deeds spread one by one. Therefore, to speak bluntly, bad deeds are not all done by bad people; in fact, good people also have a part. Tolerating, watching, and even tacitly allowing bad people to do bad things is the final procedure that makes bad deeds complete; the sins of good people cannot be exempted.
• The third bad thing about good people is: they think that 'having good intentions' makes them good people. After 'self-cultivation' becomes prevalent, the 'motivational school' in ethics becomes a protective talisman for good people. The fanaticism of the 'motivational school' judges a matter not by its essence but by tracing the vague and distant motivations, using motivations to determine everything. Mencius said: 'If it aligns with one's feelings, it can be considered good; that is what is called good.' Yu Zhengxie directly points out that Mencius's 'feelings' refer to 'the essence of the matter'; it is no different from saying that motivation is fact. Everything depends on how you intend: if your intention is good, even if it is for evil, it is 'though evil, not punished'; if your intention is bad, even if it is for good, it is 'though good, not rewarded.' Thus, not looking at the consequences, relying solely on the measurement of intentions, once it starts, it cannot be stopped.
• The older I get, the more I believe there are only two types of people in the world: those who do things and those who just talk nonsense, doing nothing themselves, even stopping others from doing things. I value anyone who does things and look down on anyone who just talks nonsense.
• I think taking a nap is a waste; I never take naps.
• When you first go to jail, some will come to see you once, just once; after that, they are no longer curious. A person can go to the zoo to see a zebra once and not need to see a zebra again for ten years. So that visit was not to visit but to fulfill a wish, or to say goodbye forever. However, no matter how you say it, among timid friends, they hurt the least.
• The problem of suffering in life is actually a philosophical problem of fortune and misfortune; as the saying goes: 'Fortune does not come in pairs, misfortune does not come alone.' This means misfortune comes in pairs.
• The low-level response to unfavorable situations is to sigh and complain; the high-level response to unfavorable situations can turn them into advantages for oneself. One must practice to this level to be considered truly skilled. A truly skilled person, whether inside or outside the furnace, remains the same. 'Turning misfortune into fortune, turning defeat into success' is what I admire most in a master.
• Although life is what I want to maintain, if there is something more worthy of pursuit than life, I will sacrifice my life for righteousness; although death is what I want to avoid, if 'what I hate is worse than death, then there are things I will not evade.'
• These people are not all intentionally seeking death, but they are all those who pursue truth, who will not evade what they hate. Since death is inevitable, in the end, apart from death, what else can they seek? Who made them encounter tyrannical rulers like Huang Zu?
• Serving time in prison is not about physical strength; serving time is about mental strength.
• I do not hate you, nor do I hate my right hand; I only hate the ballpoint pen.
• 'Beautiful Life.'
• A true tyrant can imprison you, torture you, but cannot make you not laugh or not smile, especially cannot make your son not laugh. When you are determined to protect your son's smile, he can play in the world, treating the tyrant's weapons as child's play.
• Action philosopher.
• A person who lives to this realm is truly a free and high-minded person.
• It is easy to die heroically, but it is difficult to die calmly.
• I think the best way to die in life is either to die for love or to die at the moment of climax.