Su Tong's willful imagination created the image of Song Lian. Like Flaubert about Madame Bovary, this Chinese writer could say about himself: “Song Lian is me.” Rarely is anyone from the class of writers so knowledgeable in all the tricks of the female soul, hidden feelings and thoughts, understatements, sophisticated vindictiveness, hidden unseemly actions, in a word, dark waters in which the Moon, the ruler of sensual pleasures, is reflected, as Su Tong knows. The book uses paintings by the Chinese artist Jia Lu. Su Tong has something for every woman to learn. How deep am I willing to look into the dark waters of my soul? How far can I dare to go to alleviate the yearning of my flesh? After all, I am eternally looking for love that promises self-forgetfulness, and I am greedy for the manifestation of masculine strength that gives me self-knowledge. Caroline Lakoff, am. professor of psychology With the advent of this book, the weaker sex should beware of old methods of seduction. Pascal Divoire, fr. make-up artist One can only regret that the lovely Song Lian entered her master’s estate through the Gates of Moonlight: what else can you expect from the night luminary if not confused dreams, gradually preparing for insanity. Nikolai Amaev