the ice [of disillusion], but I remain ardent in my inner mind" (吾朝受命而夕飲冰，我其內熱與). As a result, Liang called his workplace as "The Ice-drinker's studio" (Yinbingshi)...

士，威風凜凜，各持鋼刀、大斧、長劍、短戟，直列至殿上。) Sanguo Yanyi ch. 86. (芝曉其意，並無懼色，昂然而行。至殿前，又見鼎鑊內熱油正沸。左右武士以目視之，芝但微微而笑。近臣引至簾前，鄧芝長揖不拜。權令卷起珠簾，大喝曰：「何不拜！」) Sanguo Yanyi ch. 86....