This curse poem is called "Giving Flowers to the Queen". The last two lines of the poem? This music should only exist in heaven. How many times can it be heard in the world? Now it is often used to praise the beautiful music. Although these two lines of poetry are now mostly complimentary, in fact Du Fu actually used them to satirize others when he wrote them. From the title of this poem, it is not difficult to see that the person who asked Du Fu to write a poem to satirize was Hua Qing, also known as Hua Jingding.
During the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Zizhou was dissatisfied with the impeachment of Dongchuan Jiedushi, so he soon rebelled. After raising his troops, the governor of Zizhou immediately launched an attack on Mianzhou where Dongchuan Jiedushi was located, and finally succeeded in occupying Mianzhou. After the invasion of Mianzhou, the governor of Zizhou claimed himself as King of Liang and further expanded the rebel ranks. After Tang Suzong learned the news, he quickly dispatched troops to suppress it. The army that went to Mianzhou to suppress this time was led by Hua Jingding. Hua Jingding successfully recaptured the place shortly after arriving in Mianzhou.
After retaking Mianzhou, Hua Jingding boasted that he had made great contributions, so he became proud and complacent. Based on this mentality, he allowed his soldiers to enter the city at will and plunder the property of Mianzhou people. If these soldiers encountered people who dared to resist, they would directly kill them. In the end, thousands of Mianzhou people died because of them. This kind of behavior can be said to be no different from that of bandits. In addition to allowing his subordinates to commit evil, Hua Jingding also blatantly used the emperor's music, which can be described as extremely treasonous. It is precisely because of this that Du Fu felt indignant after hearing these things, so he wrote a poem to satirize Hua Jingding.
The content of the poem "Giving Flowers to the Queen" describes the music from beginning to end, and the whole poem is filled with words of praise. Therefore, people who do not know its creative background will think that this is a poem praising music, but in fact it is a curse poem. Now the last two sentences of this song are indeed often used as a compliment. If you don't delve into the background of its creation, these two sentences are really very beautiful words of praise.