Lao Biao summarized it well, Lan Yi was a beautiful andstrong person, a good classmate and a good friend. It is still amazing to me how someone could be so caring and kind to others, at a young age like us in Beida.

I also share Jiang Yuan's point that she was treating us like her own siblings when we were leaving for our long journeys. I remember that at our last gathering after graduation, all of us were exchanging words of memory. The one Lan Yi wrote to me gave me the strongest impression. I don't have it in my hand now but it roughly translates into: Success blongs only to the persistent.

Thinking back 20 years, I wish I had been reciting her words every day.

Last time I saw her was 10 years ago, in Phoenix. She looked the same as when she wsa in Beida - beautiful and glaceful.