Chronicles of Carved Stone

No one is born a sage, yet everyone longs to become one. No one is born an immortal, yet everyone dreams of becoming one. Haven’t you read Li Bai’s “A Dream of Mount Tianmu”? “The stone gates of the grotto-heaven swung open with a thunderous crash.” The sages follow the Way; the immortals open the gates. Let me become a sage, let me become an immortal. But in truth, perhaps I’m just a miserable, hard-pressed student.

Student life is hard. That’s not an outdated idea, but the way to live in this new age. Maotanchang, Hengshui, Zhenhai: no suffering, no factory; no suffering, no study; no suffering, no supremacy. We’re aiming for first place and won’t settle for second. We want to let our swagger show, and even if we’re drowning in hardship, we’re happy to do it. Through hardship and joy, we’ll carve out a bright future.