Du Liniang, the main female character in The Peony Pavilion, stresses: "I've always loved to follow my nature" --love doesn't take strenuous practice or an act of will. It allows two living beings to exchange true mutual affection.
正如「牡丹亭」的女主角杜麗娘強調的「一生愛好是天然」，不須刻意苦修，不來自意志的驅策，兩個生命便得真性交感。