| 1 | Live plainly, struggle hard, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures. | |
| 2 | These people rolled in wealth and rioted in debauchery . | |
| 3 | Nine-year-old Michael watched from the wings as voluptuous women - and the occasional transvestite - stripped naked on stage. | |
| 4 | As the symbol of giving birth and power of life, women were taken as the incarnation of "sex" and "desire", the source of lust and debauchery, and the sign of evil. | |
| 5 | Home to a melting pot of financiers, entrepreneurs and refugees from around the world, Shanghai became a byword for high living, decadence and debauchery. |