ANSWER TO AN AFFECTIONATE INVITATION FROM TS'UI FIFTEEN

You have the "bird's foot-print" characters. You suggest that we drink together at the Lute Stream. The characters you wrote are in the centre of a foot of pure white silk, They are like exquisite clouds dropped from Heaven. Having finished reading, I smile at the empty air, I feel as though my friend were before me Reciting verses for a long time. The characters are not faded. I shall keep them in my sleeve, and they should last three years.