Source: Yi "Cold Food".
Meaning: Smoking is forbidden during the Cold Food Festival, and only nobles and officials can get permission to light candles. At dusk, candles were distributed in the palace, and the curling candle smoke drifted into the house of the five emperors. The light smoke in the poem reminds people of the privileges of the five emperors, thus alluding to the disadvantages of the eunuch's authoritarian power after the middle Tang Dynasty.
Appreciation: at dusk, candles are distributed in the palace to divide the fire. The smoke from the candle flame also spread to this powerful family. Because the cold food festival forbids fire, you can't light candles, but the emperor allows his subordinates to light candles, which satirizes the emperor's love for dignitaries as their agents. Words such as "Passing Candles" and "Light Smoke Scattered in" not only depict the scene of the "Five Emperors' Family" in the favor of the emperor, but also remind people of the picture of the chamberlain being ordered to give fire and immediately passing candles, showing the dark situation of political corruption in the middle Tang Dynasty. The poet's heart was full of anger, but he chose a strange move, handing candles at the Cold Food Festival without any comments, but with irony.