1. Don’t worry, there will be no friends in the future. No one in the world will know you. ——From "Two Songs of Farewell to Dong Da" by Gao Shi of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: Don't worry that the road ahead is bleak and you don't have a confidant. Who in the world doesn't know you?

2. You can laugh a few times in your life, but you have to get drunk when you meet in a drinking competition. ——From "A Night Gathering with the Judges in the Liangzhou Pavilion" by Cen Shen of the Tang Dynasty

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.

3. I urge you to drink another glass of wine and leave Yangguan in the west without any friends. ——From "Send Off the Second Envoy of the Yuan Dynasty to Anxi/Weicheng Song" by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: Old friend invites you to drink another glass of wine. It is difficult to meet old relatives when you leave Yangguan to the west.

4. If you have nothing in the south of the Yangtze River, just give me a spring branch. ——From "Poetry to Fan Ye" by Lu Kai in the Southern and Northern Dynasties

Translation: There is no good thing in Jiangnan to express my emotions, so I will give you a spring plum blossom to express my blessings of spring.

5. The spring grass will be green next year, will the king and grandson return? ——From "Farewell/Farewell in the Mountains" by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: When the grass is green again next spring, my friend, can you return it?

6. The flower path has never been swept by visitors, but now the gate is opened for you. ——From "The Arrival of Guests" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: The courtyard path full of flowers and plants was not cleaned to welcome guests, but just for your arrival, the grass gate of my house was opened for the first time.