挂着珍珠帘子的富丽房间里，住着一个嫦娥般美丽的女子。她有胜过神仙的容貌，似桃花、李花妩媚鲜艳。春去秋来，年复一年的时光流逝。即使再美的容颜，三十年以后，都将年老色衰，脸上一道道皱纹就像甘蔗的渣滓那样。

寒山·《玉堂挂珠帘》

玉堂挂珠帘，中有婵娟子。

其貌胜神仙，容华若桃李。

东家春雾合，西舍秋风起。

更过三十年，还成苷蔗滓。

Behind a scrim of pearls in Jade Hall

Shines a lustrous girl.

One glance at her invokes immortals,

So fair the peach sheen of her face.

At the Eastern Palace, spring mists descend;

In the West, autumn winds efface

All surfaces. Just thirty years from now:

Look on her face—gnawn sugar cane.