Seeking flowers and willows, listening to songs and buying smiles: which man of letters hasn't done it?
If he does not serve the imperial court and holds no rank equal to his stature, does that make him lacking in virtue?
After wasting away until his waist is as slender as Shen Yue's and his temples as grizzled as Pan Yue's, can he still hope to win the emperor's favor?
So, as above, the general turns his childhood sweetheart, the straight-laced male chancellor, gay…
