The journey of Liu Peiwen
- Hueiyen Lanpao Editorial :: July 15 2011 -

'Say not the Struggle Naught availeth'
– Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861)

Liu Peiwen is a resident of Henan in the central region of China. He has a girlfriend who lives in Guangdong in the south of the country. When he proposed marriage she said she will agree only if he walked all the way from Henan to Guangdong.

The distance is 1600 kms or 1000 miles according to your choice of a measurement system. The intrepid and love torn Peiwen has embarked on the journey.

Love works in mysterious ways and driven by the love bug Peiwen has decided to venture in unchartered waters. It is not going to be an easy task and blisters are surely going to be a major problem, apart from sheer fatigue and malnutrition.

In the course of his long and arduous journey Peiwen must not lose his way. When in doubt he should always ask for directions. Let us not forget, Moses was too proud to ask for directions and as a result he led his people going in circles in the Sinai desert for 40 years.

Peiwen could land up in an even more undesirable predicament, he could stray into Manipur, and then all his zest for love and romance could curdle up. So keep an eye on the signposts and do not hesitate to ask when in doubt.

If Liu Peiwen is downed by sickness our support for him will not falter. He is a man determined to go the distance to win the hands of his lady love, a gallant knight in shining armour.

Of his enamouring princess we know little. Either she is seeking a genetically robust man, or she is a hard task master, one is not sure. But if she keeps to her word, their's will be a blessed union. It will be a dream come true, and not only the Chinese nation, but the entire world will celebrate in joy.

On the other hand, after his epic journey, if his lady love introduces him to a bonnie lad and tells him 'I've named him after you' Peiwen has to understand the idiosyncrasies of the human mind and learn to live with his achievements and not with his failures.

On the other hand, one only hopes Peiwen has not fallen for a nag. After a thousand mile trek you do not want your woman asking you 'What took you so long?' You see, one is never sure of women, after all Shakespeare had said 'Frailty, thy name is woman'.

Let Liu Peiwen succeed in his unique venture, and many his tribe increase.

One only hopes he does not intend to go back home on foot, that is, unless he wishes to make his lady love experience the ordeal he had endured. That will be a terrible sense of a 'Déjà Vu'.