Zhang's moral principles and his historical books were both perfect manifestation of the ideology of "three eternities". 张岱的行为操守及著史原则也是对“三不朽”精神的继承和展现。
Impact of Ideology of Three Eternities on Zhang Dai His Historical Books 论三不朽说对张岱及其史著的影响
And you are but a thought& a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities! 可你不过是一个思想&一个漂泊的思想、无用的思想、无家可归的思想,孤独地在虚无的永恒中间漫游。