If Lu Dongbin and Fan Zhongyan could somehow meet across the centuries that divided their life spans, Lu Dongbin would no doubt be tempted to urge his counterpart, steeped in orthodox Confucian morality: "Lighten up a bit, life isn't such a big deal!"
唐朝呂洞賓若巧遇宋朝范仲淹，恐怕前者還可以稍微點撥後者，從醬在儒家正統道德中的執迷迂腐跳出來看看﹘ ﹘人生，沒那麼嚴重的。