He wastes all his time on parties and revelry. He is the lover of spring and the tyrant of night.
-Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow
The king loved his children's immature hometown deeply and never went to court again. I am too busy to serve you. Spring tour of the emperor, night sleep.
Background: These two sentences mainly describe how the imperial concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty indulged in debauchery, enjoying herself all day, singing, dancing and drinking. The dissoluteness of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty led to a political tragedy, which in turn led to a love tragedy between him and Yang Guifei.
2. The smoke cage is full of sand in the cold moon and near Qinhuai Restaurant at night.
Strong women in business don't know how to hate their country, but they still sing backyard flowers across the river.
-Du Mu's Bo Qinhuai
Blurred moonlight and light smoke enveloped the cold sea and white beach, and the boat was moored at Qinhuai restaurant on the shore at night.
The singer doesn't know what the revenge of national subjugation is, but she is still singing "Flowers Crossing the River in Yushu Back Garden".
Background: Du Mu, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, traveled around Qinhuai. On the boat, he heard the singer singing "Flowers in the Back Garden of Yushu", which was beautiful and swaying. Men and women sing in pairs, and their songs are sad, which is the voice of national subjugation. At that time, Chen Houzhu indulged in this lazy life for a long time, took national politics as a child's play, and finally lost his land. Although Chen Guo died, this decadent music was circulated and sung among Qinhuai singers, which made Du Mu very emotional. His poem said: These ignorant singers don't even understand the hatred of national subjugation, and they still sing this voice of national subjugation! Actually, this is an excuse. What he mocked was actually the politics of the late Tang Dynasty: ministers once again indulged in debauchery and soon followed in Chen Houzhu's footsteps. The corner of Qinhuai has such a deep sense of rise and fall, which shows that Jinling still has great influence when the national political center has moved to Chang 'an.