For brotherhood, one honors we honor together, one suffer we suffer together.
It's from a novel called 紅樓夢(Hóng lóu mèng; a dream of the red chamber) by 曹雪芹(Cáo Xuěqín) There are many suspicions like Shakespeare, that it has many different cultural events and historical events, that Cao Xurqin gathered the story and complied. Nobody knows. it is known for its psychological scope, and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, life-styles, and social relations of 18th-century china.
Here, the 手足之情(shou zu zhi qing) is from 莊子(Zhuāngzǐ), 兄弟爲手足 which means brotherhood is like all fours(arms and legs). So it may be translated as "to be closely connected".
紅樓夢 has many different stories but the main story line is about 4 different families' rise and fall. There are family, love, society and politics. The relation among the families is complicated. The line comes up where a judge gave wrong verdict, with bribe of one of the four family. Literally, when one suffers, the others suffer; when one prospers, the others prosper. It is a metaphor that in all links of life and lives, the results of victory, defeat, honor and disgrace are the same.
Before Wen kexing mentioned 同生共死 (tóng shēng gòng sǐ; live together, die together) is rather similar meaning. But in 一榮俱榮,一損俱損, it has meaning of connections or relationship among people. Somehow asking, you sure, what you're doing, is not going to be questioned later?
Zhou zishu is seriously committed being a brother of Wen kexing. I don't think that is not a type of love I would expect, still it works. It's sad watching Zhou zishu trying to save his beloved, becasue so far he has failed. I hope this time he saves Wen kexing.
haven't you heard, people went with full of joy, coming back with broken joy
Why keep asking when nobody needs to know. What actually happend all those years ago.. also I would like to know more about Ye baiyi and Long xian relationship! By the way, exactly how old is Ye baiyi?? from Faraway wonderers, he was about 300 years old..I think
Cold rain falls in autumn, young lives where old dies, night is cold but the cover is thin, as time flows, life and death seems far away, where we met too late only I can do is whining.