Never forget friends made in humble circumstances, and never abandon a wife with whom one has shared hardships.
他虽然现在事业有成，但依然定期去看望那些在他贫困时帮助过他的老朋友，真正做到了贫贱之交不可忘，糟糠之妻不下堂。
Although he is successful in his career now, he still regularly visits the old friends who helped him when he was poor, truly embodying the spirit of never forgetting friends made in humble circumstances and never abandoning a wife with whom one shared hardships.
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Ancient
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During the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Xiu appointed Song Hong as 'Grandee Counselor'.
Liu Xiu's elder sister, who was widowed, developed an affection for Song Hong.
Liu Xiu wanted to marry his sister to Song Hong and asked him for his thoughts on the saying 'Nobles easily change friends, and the wealthy easily change wives.'
Song Hong replied, 'Never forget friends made in humble circumstances, and never abandon a wife with whom one has shared hardships.'
Hearing this, Liu Xiu had no choice but to give up the idea.
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