The Chinese character for power, li, is combined in various compounds that mean intelligence, authority, wealth, physical strength, and so forth. While conceptions of physical beauty change from era to era, so much depends as well upon these qualities related to power without which a man couldn't succeed in life.
柯慶明指出，男人吸引人之處往往不在美，而在「力」，智力、權力、財力、體力，每個時代比重或許不同，但除了容貌，多少得配上這些不同條件，才可能出現好下場。