Renowned author and producer Qiong Yao committed suicide on Wednesday at the age of 86 at her home, multiple Taiwan-based media outlets, including TVBS, reported on Wednesday. On her Facebook, she posted a suicide letter and a farewell video. Below is the English translation of the note.

Dear friends and beloved ones,

Do not cry, do not be sad, do not feel sorry for me. I have already "flitted away"！

"Flit away" is my favorite phrase, as it represents an independent, relaxed and freeflight — gracefully and lightly. I have shed the body that is increasingly torturing me, and with elegance, I have turned into a snowflake and flitted away.

This is my wish. "Death" is a journey everyone has to go through, and it is one's last "great step." I don't want to leave it to fate. I don't want to slowly wither and fade away. I want to take control of this final step.

Heaven has not designed the process of life very well. As people age, they must suffer from a painful period of "weakness, degeneration, illness, hospital visits, treatments, and failure to heal." This period can be long or short, but for those who will inevitably grow old and die, it is a great torment. If one is unlucky, they may become an "elderly bedridden" person dependent on life-support systems. I have witnessed that kind of tragedy. I don't want that kind of "death."

I am a "spark," and I have burned brightly while I could. Now, as the flame is about to extinguish, I choose to leave in this way — flitting away. Everything I wanted to say has been recorded in my video "When Snowflakes Fall." I hope my friends will watch it a few more times to understand everything I want to express.

Dear friends, do not be sad about my "death," but be glad for me! The beauty of life lies in the ability to "love, hate, laugh, cry, sing, speak, run, move, walk through the world with companions, live freely and gracefully, hate evil with a passion, and live boldly and passionately." I have had all of these things in my life. I have ''lived" and have not failed this life.

What I am most reluctant to part with are my family and all of you. "Love" tightly binds my heart to yours, and I will miss you the most. To allow my soul (I don't know whether humans have a soul or not) to also "flit away," please laugh for me, sing for me, dance for me! In spirit, I will "dance with you!"

Farewell, my dearest ones! I am grateful for this life and for having met and known all of you.

Please note that the way I chose to "die" was carried out at the final stage of my life. Young friends, please never give up your life so easily. Temporary setbacks and struggles may be "trials" in the beautiful journey of life. I hope you can withstand all these trials and live as I have, to the age of 86 or 87, and when your strength fades, then you can choose how to face death. I hope that by then, humanity will have found more humane ways to help "aged" people leave this world joyfully.

My dear ones, be brave, live as your true selves, and don't fail your journey in this world! Although life is not perfect, and there are various unexpected joys, sorrows, and emotions, don't miss the wonderful moments that belong to you.

So many words cannot fully express my feelings, but finally, I wish you all be healthy and happy, to live freely and gracefully!