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In ancient times, only the rich could drink tea, but why were the poor described as poor in literature?
Because the poor drink shoddy tea, not expensive tea. So you can describe the poor.

Interpretation: rough: rough and simple; "Coarse tea" refers to older tea, which is bitter and astringent compared with new tea. White rice: In ancient times, there was little salt, so poor people could not afford it, so they had to cook without salt, which was called white rice. Describe a simple diet and a simple life.

Out: Song and Huang Tingjian's "Preface to Four Rests": "Rough tea and light meals are full of rest, cold clothes are warm, three levels are full of rest, and old people are not greedy or jealous."