Poets drank to forget their troubles and wrote poetry to express their views. Sadness, whether brought on by death, loss, parting, or homesickness, was left by the wayside when one drank and recited poetry. References to wine are everywhere to be found in verse.
詩人以酒解愁，以詩明志，無論是失意愁、生死愁、離別愁、思鄉愁，一概以喝酒吟詩來化解，因而在詩人的詩句中，往往酒香處處。