When people clink glasses, those whose glass is higher have a high self esteem, and those who place their glasses lower think of themselves worse than they are.
And they kept on drinking his sake, so he ties him up, and there's, you know, chaos ensues, them drinking the sake with no hands, and dancing and singing and falling down and being drunk.
I smelt the lotus flowers on the night breeze, heard the distant sounds of clinking glasses and hastily drawn-back chairs, of music from some far-off celebration, felt the charge of nature unleashed.