What did the ancients mean when they said that "wine ignores people, color ignores people, and wealth ignores relatives"?

As we all know, our Chinese nation is an ancient nation with thousands of years' history. During this long time, our ancestors summed up many excellent and valuable cultural treasures from their life and practice, which pointed out the direction for our life. Among them, proverbs are a very unique culture. They are ancestors and are summarized from countless life experiences and lessons.

Although proverbs are not so gorgeous compared with other cultures, they are very practical, often have certain educational significance and are rich in philosophy of life. There is a saying: "wine doesn't care about people, color doesn't care about body, and wealth doesn't care about relatives." I believe many people will be confused when they see this sentence. What does this mean? In fact, this sentence contains a lot of philosophy of life, which is worth pondering.

There are words like "wine, sex and wealth" in this sentence, which is not a good habit for everyone. From these three points, it can also be reflected that people's desire for these three things is almost inevitable. So, how to explain "ignoring" in this sentence?

First of all, "wine ignores people." It means that if a person is too addicted to wine, he will inevitably pay less attention to the people around him. As we all know, wine is an intoxicating thing. Once a person is drunk, it is often easy to lose his mind. In this case, let alone care about others, even it is difficult to care about yourself. Moreover, people who are often drunk, once they are in this state for a long time, people around them will feel sorry for it and then slowly stay away from him. Therefore, our ancestors would advise us to drink in moderation, otherwise it would not only hurt our health, but also hurt people around us.

Secondly, "color doesn't care about the body." This means that a person can't be too obsessed with beauty, and in the long run, he will inevitably neglect his own body and his own situation. For example, the emperors in the ancient history of China had three palaces, six courtyards and three thousand beauties, but they were enviable. However, have you found that the life span of ancient emperors is often not too long? Working day and night is one thing, and beauty is also a very important factor. So there are not a few emperors who died young in history.

Finally, the phrase "wealth doesn't care about relatives" is easier to understand. I believe that anyone who has watched TV series can find that in the homes of those rich people, family relationships are often very fragile, even relatives are no exception. Moreover, the children in this family can often eat each other's flesh and blood for the benefit, and even the father and son turn against each other. This phenomenon is more common in the families of ancient emperors, such as the "Xuanwu Gate Change" and the "Battle of Jingnan" in history, which are good examples.

Therefore, everything has two sides. Although wealthy families can enjoy better materials, they lack affection and often lack the care of their loved ones. On the other hand, ordinary families tend to be more harmonious, and family members often care about each other, unite and love each other. Therefore, it also reminds us modern people that in this materialistic society, everyone is blindly pursuing money, but ignores their family and friends. Only when they lose all this will they regret it. This also tells us to live in the present, cherish everything around us and not put the cart before the horse. After all, money is inexhaustible, so leave some time to see the scenery of the world!