Despite the sadness of parting, he nevertheless found humor in the situation, and wrote: "I went up the slope and turned back for a last look, and saw your black hat bobbing up and down beyond the ledge.
行路高高低低，他頻頻回頭看著弟弟的烏紗帽出出沒沒，儘管心中不捨，卻依然筆下幽默的寫道：「登高回首坡壟隔，但見烏帽出復沒。