Painting, calligraphy, chess and poetry,
I never left him in those days.
Now seven things have changed,
Rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea.
"Painting, calligraphy, piano, chess, poetry and hops" is an elegant thing. In those days, it was fun and chic. Now, everything is declared as "subversion" and has become a common thing of "rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea". However, the contrast and transformation between "elegance" and "vulgarity" in the poem describes the living conditions of all sentient beings in real life. Using "rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea" to correspond to "painting, calligraphy, chess, poetry and hops" shows the author's ingenuity and innovation.