A Touch of Zen (1971)

Chun Shih: Ku Shen Chai the Calligrapher

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Quotes 

• Ku Shen Chai : Have you seen Miss Yang, the lady who lives here?

  General Shih Wen-chiao : No, I'm blind.

  Ku Shen Chai : Forgive me.

  General Shih Wen-chiao : Miss Yang and her mother are gone.

  Ku Shen Chai : Mr. Shih! She said you should run for your life too. Do you know where she went?

  General Shih Wen-chiao : No.

  Ku Shen Chai : I have to find her!

  [Shih pulls out a sword as two soldiers fly down from the sky and attack, but are quickly killed in a few brief strokes of the sword] 

  Ku Shen Chai : Mr. Shih! Mr. Shih, who are you really?

  General Shih Wen-chiao : I'm not blind, that's for sure.

• Shen Chai's Mother : Why study if not to be an official?

  Ku Shen Chai : I study for the knowledge.

  Shen Chai's Mother : But you don't seem to know anything!

• Ku Shen Chai : Mother, who is she?

  Shen Chai's Mother : Our new neighbor. You scared her to death last night!

  Ku Shen Chai : She scared me too! She must be awfully brave to live there alone.

  Shen Chai's Mother : She lives here for the same reason we do: no rent!

• Ku Shen Chai : Why should I heed the advice of a blind man?

• Ku Shen Chai : This calls for subterfuge.

• Ku Shen Chai : You're wanted! The Eastern Depot is after you. What do you plan to do?

  Yang Hui-ching : I won't sit around waiting to be killed.

• Yang Hui-ching : You'd better go.

  Ku Shen Chai : I can't just leave you all alone.

  Yang Hui-ching : Why not?

  Ku Shen Chai : We're practically husband and wife. We should join forces.

  Yang Hui-ching : That's all over. Don't mention it again.

  Ku Shen Chai : Then just think of me as a friend who wants to help.

  Yang Hui-ching : [laughs]  This is a fight to the death. I'm afraid you overestimate your abilities.

• Ku Shen Chai : When you're outnumbered, strategy wins over force.