Taste related stories

A couple made a fortune by doing business. They have money and live a prosperous life, but others always say that they are vulgar. They are unwilling to accept it, so they decide to be elegant. On this day, they went to a cultural salon. In order to show their wealth, they both showed up at the party dressed in jewels. They were incompatible with the elegant artistic atmosphere and made a big joke. At the party, someone sang the song "Man Jiang Hong". Seeing that everyone was fascinated, the couple asked, who wrote this song? It sounds great. Others answered that it was Yue Fei, and the rich lady said seriously: "Can you tell me where this Yue Fei lives and what his phone number is? He is so powerful, I should learn from him more!"? ! ...

So, even if a vulgar person has money, he can only buy some luxurious things, but he is still vulgar in his heart.

On the contrary, if you don’t have money, it doesn’t mean you can’t have elegant taste. There are many such examples. Like many literati in ancient times, they often lived a poor but elegant life. Tao Yuanming's elegant taste of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains" is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

Those who take money too seriously, get into the eyes of money, and become slaves of money smell like copper and cannot be said to have elegant taste. But on the other hand, people who blindly despise money, hypocritically regard money as dirt, are unrealistic, and think of themselves as noble. Such people cannot help but have a sour taste. Like Kong Yiji, they also do not have elegant taste.

In short, taste is not just superficial, but a reflection of inner noble character and cultural and artistic accomplishment. Elegant taste is the flavor of colorful life tasted with care.