A Fire in the Open, a Knife in the Dark

In chapter 65 of Dream of the Red Chamber, Second Sister You says she will go and see Wang Xifeng. Xing’er, a servant of Wang Xifeng’s husband, begs her not to go. “Never meet her in all your life. Sweet mouth and bitter heart, two faces and three knives. Above, a face full of smiles. Below, a foot that trips. In the open, a basin of fire. In the dark, a knife. She has all of it.”