1. Poems about drinking friends
Poems about drinking friends 1. What are the poems about describing fair-weather friends
1. A gentleman is magnanimous, a small person People grow together.
Definition: A gentleman is open-minded and calm. The villain is worried about gains and losses.
Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Shuer" by Confucius in the late Spring and Autumn Period
2. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine.
Interpretation: The friendship between gentlemen is not driven by interests, but the interactions between villains are mostly driven by interests. After the interests are over, people become like a passing cloud. Gentlemen do not care about each other because they have no interests, but villains often collude with each other because of interests.
Source: "Zhuangzi·Outer Chapter·Mountain Wood" by Zhuangzi in the middle of the Warring States Period
3. We are both fallen people in the world, so why should we have known each other before meeting.
Interpretation: We are all people who have fallen into the world. Since we meet each other, no matter whether we have known each other before, we will feel sympathy for each other and respond in the same voice, so why should we care whether we have known each other before.
Source: Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing"
4. There is no such thing as a good friend in the world, and no good talk about a good friend.
Definition: The happiest thing in the world is to make many friends, and the happiest thing to be with friends is to communicate and talk with them.
Source: Pu Songling, Qing Dynasty
5. There are close friends in the sea, and there are neighbors in the world.
Interpretation: As long as there are close friends within the four seas, even if they are far away, they seem to be close at hand. Describes the connection of thoughts and feelings; one can feel close even though they are far away.
Source: "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou" by Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty