Book 2 Chapter 15

Book 2 Chapter 15

Origin of the Chapter's Title
The title 只影向谁去 is a line from the poem To The Tune of Moyuer (雁丘词) by Yuan Haowen (元好问), a poet from the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, which co-existed with Southern Song.

The context of the line in its passage:

君应有语，渺万里层云，千山暮雪，只影向谁去. For whom shall I trail a forlorn shadow flying over
 * He must have realized only he is left to fly over those lonely thousands of miles of clouds and snowy mountains alone.
 * He must have had a thought:

Ten thousand miles of grey clouds

And mountains of night snow?