芽破冰融灌百川,春根如脈九州連。
滿朝朱紫相違盡,萬世炎黃獨拜先。
樹振國風鳴碧野,苞含神韻應蒼天。
開花無蝶能偷近,已許詞家一剪緣。
—— 颺
新歲伊始,未婚妻學懂了她生平的第一個方塊漢字:「梅」。梅之國,美之國。梅、也就是她今後樂用的漢語芳名。
LY: “When watching flowers fall and drift in the wind, a traditional Chinese would wonder if life is but a dream. This doesn’t happen to a Westernized Chinese, not to mention a Westerner. Chinese tradition is a Chinese dream, poetically speaking.“
LY’s Fiancée: “Honey, you are a Westerner through and through, are you not?”
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