These handsome fellows with faces as white as powder and black eyes would evoke envy and admiration in others. But if their beauty was only skin deep, they were liable to be played with and tossed aside. Many of the most strikingly handsome fellows of Chinese history ended up being the boy toys of empresses and concubines. "I've yet to meet anyone who puts morality above carnal beauty."
面如敷粉、眼如點漆的美麗男子雖讓人稱羨，但如果只有純粹的外在美，卻很容易掉落被玩弄的命運。