The landscape remains as it was, but the people and circumstances have changed, often used to lament the impermanence of human affairs compared to the constancy of nature.
多年以后重访故地，虽然山川河流依旧美丽，但当年的伙伴们都已各奔东西，真是江山如故，人事已非。
Revisiting the old place many years later, although the mountains and rivers were still beautiful, all the companions from back then had gone their separate ways; indeed, the scenery is as it was, but the people and circumstances have changed.
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