General Shi Yan-sheng Quotes in You Seng (1993)

General Huo Da: [kneeling down] 19th Princess Hong-e.

General Shi Yan-sheng: [kneeling down] Shi Yan-sheng, General of the Crown Prince Jian-cheng, attends Your Highness.

Princess Hong-e: What was that?

General Shi Yan-sheng: Shi Yan-sheng, general of the Crown Prince...

Princess Hong-e: Forget it. Come drink with me.

[a servant brings them a drink]

General Huo Da: I thank Your Highness.

General Shi Yan-sheng: I have duties to guard His Highness. I can't drink.

Princess Hong-e: Fate makes us meet, never mind. Drink.

Princess Hóngè: Pick up the petals. Don't leave a single piece!

General Shi Yan-sheng: I must go to the Palace to see His Majesty.

Princess Hóngè: You've hurt this flower. It aches... Doesn't your heart ache?

General Shi Yan-sheng: He who trusts not my innocence, come cut my head!

General Shi Yan-sheng: The Master Abbot sent you?

Child Monk: [nods head] Your roots of wisdom are slight, your sins serious. In this life you're unlikely to attain the highest wisdom. I'll show you the way. Success or failure is in your hands. Observe the prohibitions, be ascetic, work hard for progress in the next life. Then you can see the light of Buddha after centuries.

Soldier: You... you've been a monk for long?

Child Monk: Ten years.

General Shi Yan-sheng: How old are you?

Child Monk: Ten.

General Shi Yan-sheng: Your parents sent you here?

Child Monk: No parents. Empty of all burden.

Fat Soldier: My tummy is empty. How about supper?

Child Monk: You've had it!

Fat Soldier: I haven't!

Child Monk: Monks have one meal a day. No eating after midday.

General Shi Yan-sheng: Heaven and Earth are cruel, sacrificing all creation.

General Shi Yan-sheng: Everyone is having a good time.

Princess Hong-e: Yeah. My brother, whose hands have his brother's blood, is now Emperor. Peace reigns. The people all call him a good monarch.

General Shi Yan-sheng: And the Crown Prince's followers?

Princess Hong-e: Those who rebelled were betrayed, beheaded. Of those who surrendered, many became Generalissimos, singing praises of my brother the Emperor. Huo Da is a grade one Generalissimo. His troops defeated the Eastern Turks. Great exploits, great fame.

General Shi Yan-sheng: This world... is not the world I still long for in my dreams...