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Taste comes from tradition. People are taught to appreciate beautiful things, not through books, but through social examples and through life in a society full of noble taste.

——Lin Yutang, The Art of Living

Chinese people have a unique understanding of the traditional way of life.

There are those who are busy and spend their days like years, while there are those who live a colorful and contented life.

The former seeks material things through life, while the latter enriches life through material things.

Some people retired after seeing all the ups and downs, such as Tao Yuanming; some people simply became commoners after being frustrated in the imperial examination, such as Tang Yin; some people gave up their official positions and lived in the mountains, such as Chen Jiru...

They still have a lot of fun in their secluded life.

Whether a person understands life can be judged by the depth of his daily interests.

The furnishings of the simple residence show off the noble character everywhere; the life in all four seasons reveals the deep emotions at every moment.

Planting flowers in the garden, sweeping leaves in the yard,

Even if he eats simple tea and cold rice, he still enjoys it;

I copied ancient calligraphy, brushed off the dust,

Living in a thatched cottage with a bamboo fence is enough to make you happy.

Even though it is not expensive or conspicuous, its rich taste and elegant life are enough to create an ethereal pure land in this materialistic world.

Interest is a person's lifestyle and special hobby, and a reflection of his inner world. Everyone has some interests in life.

It’s just that different people have different interests, which reflect different natural wisdom and contain different life connotations.

Yuan Mei wrote in "Zi Cai Zi Song to Zhuang Nian Nong":

Not fond of music, not drinking wine,

I don’t read Buddhist books, I don’t seek elixirs;

I don't know how many volumes of Qingwu Sutra there are.

I don't know how many rows of cattail trees there are.

Besides, there is nothing bad about wind, flowers, water, and bamboo.

The east box is filled with chicken steles and sparrow scrolls.

The collection of books is 30,000 volumes, each of which is painted in red and yellow.

Plant a thousand branches of flowers, each one has color and fragrance.

Elegant taste is the cornerstone of building a person's noble character.

A person who loves life and is full of vitality is good at obtaining the interest of nature from human wisdom and reproducing the beauty of natural wisdom through interest.

Playing the piano sounds like mountains and flowing water, playing chess sounds like an immortal, splashing ink sounds like birds singing and flowers blooming. Elegant taste is beneficial to oneself, others and society.

Xie Lingyun's wearing of shoes, Ji Shuye's love of the zither, Wang Youjun's liking of geese, Tao Yuanming's appreciation of chrysanthemums, and Zhou Dunyi's love of lotus are all interests that were expressed by the ancients' noble character.

Elegant taste can also nourish leisure.

Poetry and books can entertain oneself, and leisure is enough to nourish one's spirit.

Nurturing leisure is a lifelong task for those with rich interests.

An idle person is not lazy and has nothing to do. The worldly people regard reading as a drudgery, while the idle people regard reading as the mood of life. Ordinary people regard brewing tea as a useless thing, while the idle people regard sipping tea as a way of recuperation.

The ancients said that there are three joys in life: reading idle books behind closed doors, welcoming guests with the door open, and going out to explore the mountains and rivers.

They do not seek fame or wealth, but strive for the beautiful scenery, beautiful landscapes, and good books in the world, nourishing spiritual freedom through material transcendence.

Leaving some space in this imperfect world and cultivating some leisure time is the best way to live.

British philosopher Hume said: The happiness a person gets from his interests is far greater than the happiness he gets from the satisfaction of his desires; the happiness he gets from a poem or a piece of reasoning is also far greater than the happiness provided by a luxurious life.

The happiness of life is not so much the satisfaction of material enjoyment as it is the pleasure of spiritual feelings.

A person's elegant taste can enhance his ability to absorb and enjoy beauty from a simple life, thereby feeling the poetry of life.