In the Ming dynasty story "The Oil Peddler and the Plum Flower Girl" (included in the collection Lasting Words to Awaken the World), the usually unruffled soul of the leading male character Qin Zhong is as if struck by lightning: "He stood dumbstruck for an age, his whole body limp and numb" --is that not what people today mean when they say someone is "love-struck"?
明代小說《醒世恆言》「賣油郎獨佔花魁女」的故事中，男主角秦重素來平靜的心靈，如同雷劈「準準的呆了半晌，身子都酥麻了」，不就是現代所謂的「來電」？