Just like that, Li Bai turned around to find his white deer placed among the green cliffs; Su Shi turned around to taste the spiritual paradise... They gave up something, but they seemed to have lost nothing. Because retreating from reality is making progress, giving up is fighting; giving up a bit of glitz, what we strive for is inner peace; what we give up is a little vanity, what we strive for is the purity of the soul. It is this retreat that preserves the pure land of the soul, the unyielding soul, and the long-cherished wish in the heart that takes a small step back, but possesses the whole world.
