A poem that satirizes ignorance.

Tiao Zhangji (excerpt)

Tang hanyu

Du Li's articles are in full swing.

I don't know, stupid, so it's slander.

Mayflies shake trees, ridiculous!

After I was born, I raised my neck and looked at each other from a distance.

Han Yu was a writer in the middle Tang Dynasty. At this time, Li Bai and Du Fu have passed away for many years, but they have not been universally respected. Some poets also belittled the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu, and Han Yu wrote this poem in a rage. Han Yu warmly praised Li Bai's talent, saying that Du Li's articles shone brilliantly in the poetry world, and frivolous literati were ignorant and slandered with old sayings. They are like ants trying to shake the tree. It's really overreaching and ridiculous. Worthy of being a grandmaster, Han Yu praised Du Li for being carefree and called a generation of hooligans. People who read this poem are really speechless.