Shìqíng kàn lěngnuǎn; rén miàn zhú gāodī.

Lit The ways of the world depend on hot and cold, [and other] people's faces follow [one's] ups [and] downs.

Fig The feelings of people toward one alter with one's rise and fall in social position.

Note [Cf. Gǔ-Jīn Xiǎoshuō, chap. 40.]

Topics FEELINGS Gǔ-Jīn Xiǎoshuō POSITION VICISSITUDES