1, Fan Zhongyan's Fisherman on the River;
People who come to the river often only love perches.
Look at those poor fishermen, floating up and down in the big waves and rocking in the boats.
Some people think this is a satirical poem, mocking high officials and rich people who only know how to eat beautiful fish, regardless of the fishermen's lives; Some people think that this is not a satirical poem, but the author touched the scene and praised the fisherman's free and easy and brave. Opinions vary!
2. Han Yi's Cold Food in Tang Dynasty:
The spring city is full of flowers, and the cold food is easterly and willows are oblique.
As night fell, the palace was busy lighting candles, and smoke drifted to the house of the prince and the marquis.
Some people say that this is a satire on the two sets of standards of the emperor and ministers, so that ordinary people are not allowed to cook on the fire, while they are enjoying hot food.
But it is said that the emperor at that time thought it was a hymn, and Hanyi was praised by the emperor for this poem, which shows that even the "satirized" did not think it was a satire!
3. In the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuxi's "From Langzhou to Peking Opera in Yuanhe Decade, Give a Flower-Watching Gentleman":
On the main road of the city, pedestrians are constantly flowing, and the dust is blowing on their faces. People say that they have just seen flowers coming back from Xuandu.
There are thousands of peach trees in the Xuanmiao Temple, all of which were planted after I was exiled to Beijing.
This poem is written by Liu Yuxi, a real man in the Tang Dynasty, who satirizes the state affairs by planting peach trees, and satirizes senior officials who climbed to high positions by cracking down on dissidents and crowding out talented and upright people. His contempt and satire are very powerful and pungent, but because of this poem, Liu Yuxi and like-minded people have also been strongly retaliated by political enemies, but Liu did not give in and stubbornly moved forward.