People's hearts are no longer as simple and honest as in ancient times; public morality has degenerated, often implying a decline in moral values and integrity.
如今社会发展迅速，许多人感叹世风日下，人心不古，怀念着过去的纯朴善良
With society developing so rapidly nowadays, many people lament the decline of public morality and the change in people's hearts, longing for the simplicity and kindness of the past.
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During the Tang Dynasty, the poet Liu Changqing wrote the poem 'Listening to the Zither': 'On the cold seven strings, quietly listening to the chilling wind in the pines; though I cherish ancient tunes, few people play them nowadays.'
He expressed his lament over the changing ways of the world and human hearts, feeling that people's hearts were no longer what they used to be.
Through this, he satirized contemporary people for not being as noble as their predecessors, with a strong sense of finding few true connoisseurs.
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