Luo Ziling stepped back two paces, took out his phone, and switched it to video mode.
He then instructed the two to decide who would start first using rock-paper-scissors.
Following Luo Ziling's instructions, the result was Luo Yuqing winning with scissors over Yang Qingyin's paper, taking the lead.
"The plum and snow compete in spring but refuse to yield, the poet struggles to evaluate through his letters. The plum must cede to the snow's three-part whiteness, yet the snow loses to the plum's unique fragrance." Luo Yuqing recited Lu Meipo's famous "Xuemei" from the Song Dynasty.
"Plum without snow lacks vibrancy, snow without poetry bores the common. As evening falls and poetry ensues, snow comes again; together with plum, they make perfect spring." Yang Qingyin recited another poem by Lu Meipo from the Song Dynasty, also named "Xuemei".
