“Li Du said, “Chinese scholars and bureaucrats can be fearful of what they do not themselves know. But in my opinion, an empire is like a carpet, most beautiful when woven into a pattern. Languages are the colored threads, and without them the empire would be very dull.”

“Li Du said, “Chinese scholars and bureaucrats can be fearful of what they do not themselves know. But in my opinion, an empire is like a carpet, most beautiful when woven into a pattern. Languages are the colored threads, and without them the empire would be very dull.”

— Elsa Hart