1. There are many old friends in Hexi Muzhong, and the old friends say goodbye in the spring of March and May.
Seeing the autumn grass in front of Huamen Tower, how can we look at each other from poverty to age?
You can laugh a few times in your life, but you have to get drunk when you meet in a drinking competition.
Translation: I have many old friends in the Hexi Shogunate, and it has been three or five years since we parted ways. Now that we see Qiucao again in front of Huamen Tower, how can we watch each other grow old in poverty? There are only a few times in life where we can laugh heartily. Today, when we meet for a drinking contest, everyone must drink and get drunk.
Source: "A Night Gathering with the Magistrates in the Liangzhou Pavilion" by Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty
2. People in the world need gold to make friends. Without more gold, friendship will not be deep. ?
Even if we promise each other for a while, we will eventually have a leisurely journey.
Translation: Secular people need gold as a bond to make friends with each other. If gold is not used much, the friendship will naturally not be deep. Even though he temporarily promised something verbally, in fact his heart was as cold as a passerby.
Source: "Inscribed on the Master of Chang'an Wall" written by Zhang Wei in the Tang Dynasty
3. Don't worry if you have no friends in the future, no one in the world will know you.
Translation: Don’t worry that the road ahead is bleak and you don’t have a confidant. Who else in the world doesn’t know you?
Source: "Farewell to Dong Da" by Gao Shi of the Tang Dynasty
4. Relatives and friends in Luoyang are like asking each other, and a heart of ice is in a jade pot.
Translation: When you arrive in Luoyang, if your relatives and friends in Luoyang ask about me, please tell them that my heart is still as crystal clear and pure as the ice in the jade pot!
Source: "Farewell to Xin Jian at the Furong Tower" by Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty
5. There are close friends in the sea, and they are like neighbors in the world.
Translation: There are close friends within the four seas, even if they are far away, they are as close as their neighbors.
Source: "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou" by Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty