1. How many times can you laugh in your life? You must be drunk when you meet in a wine fight. -Don Cen Can's Nights with Judges in Liangzhou Pavilion

Vernacular translation: How many times can you laugh in your life? Everyone must be drunk when you meet today.

2. since we left one another, floating apart like clouds, ten years have run like water-till at last we join again. And we talk again and laugh again just as in earlier days, except that the hair on our heads is tinged now with grey. -Tang Wei Yingwu's

Vernacular translation: Since leaving, it has drifted like Yunfu, and ten years have passed like a river. When we met today, we laughed as usual, and our temples were gray and sparse.

3. Mochow has no bosom friend in the future. Who in the world doesn't know you? -Tang Gao Shi's Two Poems of Biedong Da

Vernacular translation: Don't worry that there is no confidant in the road ahead. Who in the world doesn't know the gentleman?

4. You can't get drunk when seeing off guests in high-rise buildings, and you are lonely and cold. -Don Wang Changling's Two Poems of at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian

Vernacular translation: seeing guests off in high buildings, saying goodbye to friends, feeling sad, and drinking can't be enjoyable. The quiet and cool river is chilly, and the bright moon in the sky is my most sincere heart.

5. If relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other, a piece of ice is in the jade pot. -Tang Wang Changling's Two Poems of at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian

Vernacular translation: When I arrive in Luoyang, if any relatives and friends ask you about me, please tell them that my heart is still as pure as ice in a jade pot, and I have not been defiled by worldly affairs such as fame and fortune.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Nights with Judges in Liangzhou Pavilion

Baidu Encyclopedia-Huaishang Xihui Liangzhou Old Friend

Baidu Encyclopedia-Biedong Big Two

Baidu Encyclopedia-at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian Two.