“Many years have drifted past since we parted so unexpectedly, yet I shed tears for the past whenever I meet you on one of your excursions, and I am never unaffected when official positions and ranks are conferred and I learn of another family’s prosperity or of the rise of an old acquaintance. When I try to still the feeling prompted by these occasions I find I am unable to hold back my tears, so I journey far and wide in an attempt to overcome my emotions.” [4.23]