The first lesson of filial piety is this: that your life and body are gifts to you from your parents. This means that it is unfilial to try to commit suicide. I tell you this now so you will understand why later, when my life was very sad, I could not kill myself. I had to honor my family and stand on my own two feet.

This note was recorded by Blah Blah from page 9 of Bound Feet & Western Dress.