Ancient men of letters often drank wine and composed poetry in pavilions.
Tips
culture
墨客 ('ink guests') refers to the literati who painted, calligraphed, and wrote with ink — the cultivated gentleman-scholar of imperial China. The phrase evokes a romantic image of wandering poets.
usage
Most natural when discussing classical or pre-modern figures and the places they frequented (famous mountains, rivers, gardens). For modern writers, 作家/学者 is more common.
