He suffered a great deal except early in
life but won respect after death. He devoted himself to poetry composition even
when he had become an unmatched master.

生前困頓身後名，嘔心瀝血妙手成。I wonder if anyone of you gilded
scholars would dare to challenge his dominating position.

試問蕓蕓鍍金客，誰敢與之較重輕。