Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.

"The novel is a form of exploration, a way of asking questions that don't have answers."

译文：有幸遇到世道太平、年成丰收，正好借此偷闲，此时诸事顺遂。在忘却世俗机心之处，心境如平静的水波，仿佛独自镇守在水晶宫般安宁。