But if there really were a tree in the moon, would it be, as most people imagine, the "fairy visitor" of the literati, which releases its scent in the eighth lunar month? Actually, this is very doubtful.
問題是，就算月中真有棵桂樹，它究竟是不是一般人想像中，八月飄香的文人「仙友」？其實很有疑問。