The Langlands program is an invitation to explore the unknown territories of mathematics.
The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
道,真实可信,无为且没有形相,可以流传而不可以传授,可以得到却不能够看见;自己便是本根,没有天地之前就已经存在;鬼神天帝因它而化,天地因它而生;在太极之上而不为高,在六合之下而不为深,生在天地之先而不为亘久,长于上古之时却不为老。
A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time.