The wives of ancient businessmen sighed, "A merchant values profits and slights parting" and "If I had known the tides were so faithful, I would have married a fisherman." The story of Wang Pao-chun's faithfulness to her husband, the general Hsueh Ping-kui, who was posted to the border for 18 years, is familiar to Chinese everywhere.
古代的企業家太太慨嘆「商人重利輕別離」「早知潮有信，嫁與弄潮兒」；官場夫人則「忽見陌頭楊柳色，悔教夫婿覓封侯」；大將軍薛平貴戌守邊疆，元配王寶釧苦守寒窯十八年的故事，更是大家耳熟能詳。