When the only confidant who knows all your tragic endings cannot tell you, is this a gift or the cruelest punishment?
Pei Shiyin, a girl from the history department, traveled through the prosperous Tang Dynasty and became Wang Wei's soul confidant.
She had an insight into all his future poems, and also foresaw the disaster he was destined for - from official strife to the Anshi Rebellion, to the disgrace and infamy.
The cruelty of history is this: the deeper the love, the less spoilers can be allowed.
She could only appear quietly every time he hit rock bottom and become the only light in his despair;
And he also delivered his lonely life to her with an understanding that transcended the times.
From the first meeting in Chang'an to staying together in Wangchuan, from separation in troubled times to reunion in old age,
She is the brightest moon in his poems and the most silent mystery in his destiny.
