| 1 | I know well how slight is my talent and how superficial my scholarship, and that I do not deserve so much praise. | |
| 2 | Though she knew the small number of his talents she appreciated his abstract value as a male. | |
| 3 | Originally, the second line of this couplet was used to mock a beginer who declared himself to be a master. | |
| 4 | Old lady, although little talent and less learning, But it is also a proud man, (With ID card for card), How can they act in collusion with these eunuch! | |
| 5 | It might be of signal advantage to one, ignorant as I, to hear the opinions and experience of a master in the art. |