tai-yu's

Updated: January 29, 2026

When this couplet struck Tai-yu's ear, her heart felt suddenly a prey to excitement and her soul to emotion; and upon further hearing the words: Alone you sit in the secluded inner rooms to self-compassion giving way.

Xueqin Cao - Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I