From
李密 Lǐ Mì's 《
陈情表》(Chénqíng Biǎo, "Memorial Expressing My Feelings," Jin dynasty):
州司临门，
急于星火 — "Officials are at my door, urgent as a shooting star." Li Mi wrote it to decline a court appointment so he could care for his elderly grandmother; the essay became a classical model of filial piety.
