Author: Mingmei Yip

Cites

• Dongpo Su (1)
  • IN: Petals from the Sky (2010) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: A thousand miles apart, yet the same moon shines over us all.
    FROM: NULL, (1599), [NA], China
• Xuanzi Dong (1)
  • IN: Peach Blossom Pavillion (2008) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: When there is action above and compliance below, this is called the natural order of things. When the man thrusts from above and the woman receives from below, this is called the balance between heaven and earth.
    FROM: NULL, (1071), [NA], China
• Sunzi (1)
  • IN: Skeleton Women (2012) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Never give up working to defeat your enemy. Master his fate. Exploit his unpreparedness and attack him when he is unaware.
    FROM: Art of War, (-450), Book, China
• NULL (4)
  • IN: Skeleton Women (2012) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Stir the water to catch the fish -- benefit by creating chaos
    FROM: Thirty-Six Stratagems, (847), Proverb, China
  • IN: The Nine Fold Heaven (2013) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Holding hands till our hair turns white.
    FROM: Chinese Classic of Poetry, (None), Book, China
  • IN: Secret of a Thousand Beauties (2014) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: When a skillful woman enbroiders, it is like the spring breeze across her tapering fingers
    FROM: Ancient Chinese saying, (None), Saying, China
  • IN: The Witch's Market (2015) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I beat you little man, so your breath has no place to vent! I beat your little hands, so they can’t draw money from the bank! I beat your little feet, so wearing shoes will make them bleed! I beat your little head, so fortune will leave you sad! I’ll beat your little tongue, so you can’t chew meat and might as well be a monk! I’ll beat your little heart, so your life is like the bitterest tart!
    FROM: Beating the Little Man, Ancient Chinese folk custom for getting rid of petty troublemakers, (None), [NA], China
• Shangyin Li (1)
  • IN: Skeleton Women (2012) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: So long as my body is still here, so will be my love for you.
    FROM: NULL, (1071), Poem, China
• Xin Qiji (1)
  • IN: The Nine Fold Heaven (2013) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Looking for you a thousand times in the dense crowd, I turn, and your face suddenly appears under the fading light.
    FROM: Lantern Festival, (1207), NULL, China
• Nalan Shengde (1)
  • IN: Secret of a Thousand Beauties (2014) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: If our love is forever like the first time we met, No one would be abandoned like a fan in Autumn, In an instant the heart can change, But we never blame ourselves, Instead, only the easy changing of our heart.
    FROM: Ending Friendship, (1685), NULL, NULL
• Wenjun Zhuo (1)
  • IN: Secret of a Thousand Beauties (2014) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: For me, if someone is dear to my heart, He and I would never part, Even when our hair is white.
    FROM: Song of White Hair, (-200), Poem, China
• William Butler Yeats (1)
  • IN: Secret of a Thousand Beauties (2014) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light... I would spread the cloths under your feet...
    FROM: Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, (1899), NULL, Ireland
• Lu You (1)
  • IN: The Witch's Market (2015) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Nothing stains me with the world’s dust Wherever I go, cares do not follow me. When it rains, I just wait for the rainbow. . . .
    FROM: Quisi (Autumn Thoughts), (1209), NULL, China
• Li Yu (1)
  • IN: The Witch's Market (2015) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: I dream, forgetting I am just a trespasser on life. Now, after an evening’s stolen pleasure, Alone, resting against the fence The rivers and mountains going all the way to infinity, It’s easy to part, harder to meet again. Spring is gone, like flowing water and fallen petals....
    FROM: Lang Taosha, (None), NULL, China
• Dong Xuanzi (Tang Dynasty) (1)
  • IN: Peach Blossom Pavilion (2008) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: When there is action above and compliance below, this is called the natural order of things. When the man thrusts from above and the woman receives from below, this is called the balance between heaven and earth.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
• Sun Tzu (1)
  • IN: Skeleton Women (2012) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Never give up working to defeat your enemy. Master his fate. Exploit his unpreparedness and attack him when he is unaware.
    FROM: The Art of War, (-450), Book, China
• Na (1)
  • IN: Skeleton Women (2008) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Stir the water to catch the fish—benefit by creating chaos
    FROM: Thirty-Six Stratagems, collection of popular ancient Chinese proverbs on outwitting your enemies. First mentioned in Southern Qi dynasties, (1941), Book, China
• Li Shangyin (Tang Dynasty Poet) (1)
  • IN: Skeleton Women (2008) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: So long as my body is still here, so will be my love for you.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, China
• Tagore (1)
  • IN: Song of the Silk Road (2011) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Even though the sky had no trace of me, I knew I’d flown through it.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, India
• Echo (1)
  • IN: Song of the Silk Road (2011) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: In time past, I was a beautiful woman. Whenever I smiled, I knew I would, like a flower in Spring, capture any man’s soul.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, NULL
• Zi Sun (1)
  • IN: The Nine Fold Heaven (2013) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Pursue profit and advantage, Seize the moment This is the winning strategy. The way of war is the way of deception.
    FROM: The Art of War, (-450), Book, China