When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.

当一项传统积累了足够的力量，可以延续几个世纪时，你不会一天就把它关掉。

-- Chinua Achebe 奇努阿切贝