How Wang-Fo Was Saved

00:00:06 HOW WANG-FO WAS SAVED

00:01:02 Wang-Fo talked...

00:01:23 ...which I had previously found uninteresting or repulsive

00:01:48 When I was fifteen, my father found me a wife

00:02:29 My wife came to realize I liked Wang-Fo's portraits of her better than herself

00:03:00 He liked the green tinge of a dead person's skin

00:03:47 We were poor and exchanged paintings for a little food...

00:06:12 ...which would earn him the death sentence

00:06:30 ...to confront you with the wrongs you have done

00:06:47 ...should be shielded from the eyes of the uninitiated...

00:07:18 My father, the Emperor, reacted severely

00:07:43 ...and paler at dusk

00:08:04 ...furrowed by the fatal lines of the Five Rivers

00:08:30 ...that women open and closed like flowers...

00:08:47 I went out onto the terrace of the palace to look at the clouds

00:09:22 Vermin in villages prevented me from seeing the beauty of the rice fields

00:09:46 The world is just a mass of confused blotches...

00:10:04 The only empire that is worth ruling...

00:10:24 ...and makes me want what I cannot have

00:10:42 ...which take you to the heart of your empire

00:11:25 Dry your tears. Now is not the time to cry

00:11:44 In my collection of your early works

00:13:22 Don't worry, Master. They'll soon be on dry land again

00:14:29 from the collection "Oriental Tales"