1. You can laugh a few times in your life, but you have to get drunk when you meet in a drinking competition. ——Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty, "A Night Gathering with the Judges in the Liangzhou Pavilion"
Vernacular translation: There are only a few times in life where you can laugh to your heart's content, but when we meet today, everyone must drink and get drunk.
2. After the floating clouds parted, the flowing water lasted for ten years. The laughter and love are as old as before, and the hair on the temples has become stained. ——Wei Yingwu of the Tang Dynasty, "Happy Meeting with an Old Friend from Liangzhou on the Huai River"
Vernacular translation: Since we parted, we have been floating like clouds, and the ten years have passed like the flowing water of a river. When we meet today, we laugh as before. Our hair and gray hair are sparse on our temples.
3. Don’t worry, there are no friends in the future. Who in the world doesn’t know you? ——Gao Shi of the Tang Dynasty, "Two Songs of Farewell to Dong Da"
Vernacular translation: Don't worry about the road ahead being bleak and having no close friends. Who in the world doesn't know you?
4. Don’t get drunk when seeing off guests in a high-rise building. The moonlit heart of the cold river is lonely. ——Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty, "Two Poems on Farewell to Xin Jian at the Furong Tower"
Vernacular translation: Seeing off guests in a high building, reluctantly saying goodbye to friends, feeling sad and unable to enjoy themselves even while drinking. The quiet and cool river is filled with chill, and the bright moon in the sky is my most sincere heart.
5. Relatives and friends in Luoyang are like asking each other, with a heart of ice in a jade pot. ——Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty, "Two Songs to Farewell Xin Jian at the Furong Tower"
Vernacular translation: When you arrive in Luoyang, if any relatives or friends ask you about me, please tell them that my heart is still like a jade pot It is as pure as ice, untainted by fame, fortune and other worldly sentiments.
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