Meaning: As long as there are intimate friends in the four seas, even if they are far away, they seem to be close at hand. Describe the same thoughts and feelings; No matter how far away you are, you can feel close.
From: Tang? Quit the viceroy and go to Shuzhong for his post.
2. We met. We understand. What is the relationship between acquaintances? Neither of us is happy until eternity passes.
Meaning: people who are also reduced to this world, since they meet, regardless of whether they have known each other before, will be in the same boat through thick and thin, and respond with one voice, so why care about whether they have known each other before?
Source: Pipa Xing by Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi.
3. There is no distinction between old and young in life, so why should we get along first?
Meaning: When communicating with friends, you don't have to care about the differences in identity, status, age, etc. The important thing is that friends can have a heart-to-heart relationship.
From: Walking Home by Du Fu in Tang Dynasty
4. Mochow has no confidant in the road ahead, and no one in the world knows you.
Meaning: Don't worry about having no friends ahead. Who in the world doesn't know about you?
From: Don't Move Big.
5. If you know that all the seas are brothers, where can you meet an old friend?
Moral: All corners of the country are brothers. No matter where we meet, we don't have to be former friends, but we should be as close as brothers.
From: Southern Song Dynasty? Chen's quatrains
6. You have a wizard and I am not poor.
Meaning: All the good things in the world come from people, and friends are indispensable wealth in the treasure house of life. Metaphor sincere friendship can share joys and sorrows.
Source: A Gift to Yuan Mei by Zheng Xie in Qing Dynasty.