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In the Longhua Martyr’s Cemetery there’s a tunnel full of all manner of revolutionary sayings, some of them communist, some just generally pushing the reader to fight the good fight.

This one seemed interesting enough:

如果人有灵魂的话，何必要这个躯壳！

If one has a soul, then one must have a body!

但是，如果没有的话，这个躯壳又有什么用处？

However, if one doesn’t have a soul, then what good is a body?

这并不是格言，也不是哲理，而是另外有些意思的话。

This isn’t just some saying, nor is it a philosophy, it’s something else altogether.

– Qu Qiubai