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The Five Great Pleasures of Life:Watching the beauty of the world, listening to its wonderful sounds, wearing elegant clothes, and speaking clever words - this is the first pleasure;Having a grand hall with guests filling the seats, flowers casting shadows on clothes, and music flowing like water - this is the second pleasure;Having a library with thousands of books, having close friends who appreciate poetry, and competing to see who can write the best verse - this is the third pleasure;Spending a fortune to buy a boat, hiring musicians and courtesans, drifting aimlessly on the water, and not knowing when old age will arrive - this is the fourth pleasure;More than ten years later, having squandered all ones wealth, being left with nothing but rags, struggling to survive from day to day, begging for food at a temple, eating alone as an old man, and still visiting relatives without shame - this is the fifth pleasure.