She identifies closely with the poet Qu Yuan, who wrote, "The road is long and distant; high and low I search." Two of her pieces-- "Heavenly Questions" and "The Seance" --are adapted from his poems of the same name.
「路漫漫其修遠兮，吾當上下而求索」的詩人屈原則是她的知己，「天問」及「招魂」都從他的作品取材。