Li points out that the Incas believed gold to be the sweat of the sun, the ancient Egyptians held that gold was the flesh and blood of the sun, and in East Asia, gold maintained a romantic involvement with the sun.
李念祖指出，印地安人認為黃金是「太陽的汗水」，古埃及人則認為黃金是「太陽神的血肉」，在東亞，黃金與太陽也有著浪漫的牽連。