"Laugh when you meet, but cry when you leave." It means that two people have just met and separated before they could laugh.
These two poems are the descriptions of "scene narration, farewell to friends, manners" in Farewell to Three Ancestors by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei. In these two poems, Meeting, Farewell, Fang and Return convey the regret of coming and going in a hurry, but also show the profound friendship.
In the whole poem, Wang Wei uses vivid description techniques to show the parting scene and the feelings of the characters incisively and vividly. He expressed his inner sadness and parting sadness through the description of natural scenery with the help of scenery and lyricism. At the same time, he also vividly shows the emotional changes and behaviors of the characters when they leave, so that readers can feel the pain and sadness of leaving more deeply.
Generally speaking, these two poems, "When we meet, we laugh, we forget the enmity, but when we send each other, we still burst into tears", which is not only a masterpiece of parting, but also a masterpiece of showing human feelings. Through vivid description of parting scenes and delicate description of characters' emotions, Wang Wei made readers deeply feel the pain and sadness of parting, and at the same time showed his treasure and attention to friendship. These two poems contain profound ideological connotations and emotional voices, and become classics in Tang poetry.