Daytime, doesn't understand the black of night

Author: Zuo Fu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Some men say: Women are beautiful at twenty, strong at thirty, wise at forty, and refined at fifty; some women say: Men should admire women at twenty, support them at thirty, respect them at forty, and appreciate them at fifty. Men say it's hard to be a man, one must strive endlessly like a drawn bow and an arrow that cannot turn back; women say it's hard to be a woman, and women who achieve success often face criticism. If they retreat and stay at home, they are accused of being short-sighted. Thus, men and women often wish to swap places, but what would happen if they did? The female writer Eileen Chang once said, "Life is short, but suffering is long." Perhaps, to cope with life's long suffering, men and women come together. A couple uses the shoulders of two people to jointly shield the wind and rain under one roof.