Pínjiàn zhī zhī/jiāo bù kě wàng; zāokāngzhīqī bù xià táng.

貧賤之知/交不可忘, 糟糠之妻不下堂。

Lit Friends [that were] known [when one was] in poverty, should not be forgotten, [and one's] wife [who shared] hardships [with you] should not be abandoned.

Note [Cf. Gǔ-Jīn Xiǎoshuō (Yù Shì Míng Yán), chap. 27; note: zāokāngzhīqī, “a wife who has shared husband's hardships,” has become a set noun phrase; see also guì yì jiāo above.]

Topics FRIENDS Gǔ-Jīn Xiǎoshuō OBLIGATION POVERTY WIVES Yù Shì Míng Yán zāokāngzhīqī