The third line of
李清照's
夏日绝句:
生当作人杰，
死亦为鬼雄。
至今思项羽，
不肯过江东。 'In life, be a hero among men; in death, a hero among ghosts. To this day I think of Xiang Yu, who would not cross back east of the river.' She wrote it after the Jurchen Jin took the north and the Song court fled south, and it is often read as a reproach to those who ran.
