Unsheathed

Chapter 192: Writing as if Assisted by the Gods(2/2)

e best girl in the world, and I definitely won't refute this. However, she's yet to actually marry you and become your wife!"

Chen Ping'an ignored the little boy's nonsense about marriage or whatnot. He simply shook his head and replied, "This doesn't hurt my soul."

The little boy in azure wailed and shouted, "But it hurts my soul!"

1. The first two characters of Fortune Street (福禄) are read the same as the term talisman (符箓). More specifically, Fortune Street is actually Fortune and Prosperity Street. ?

2. A tip made from stiffer animal fur to enable easier writing of certain scripts. ?

3. Extract from Li Bai's poem, 'Overnight Stay in a Mountain Temple (夜宿山寺). ?

4. A quote by Wang Yangming, a Chinese calligrapher, general, philosopher, politician, and writer during the Ming dynasty. ?

5. Extract from Liu Zongyuan's poem, 'Old Fisherman'. Liu Zongyuan was a Chinese philosopher, poet, and politician who lived during the Tang dynasty. ?

6. Extract from The Analects of Confucius. This is a statement made by Zengzi, a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius. He later taught Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, who was in turn the teacher of Mencius. ?

7. Extract from The Analects of Confucius. This reflects the impermanent nature of life and the precious nature of time, and urges one to make the most of every second to study and better themselves. ?