No Di Hou Fu Chrysanthemum - Huang Chao
When autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after they bloom.
The towering incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor.
"Ode to Chrysanthemums in the Empress Bu Di" is a poem about things written by Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty. This poem uses metaphorical techniques to give the chrysanthemum a heroic appearance and noble character. It uses the chrysanthemum as a symbol of the oppressed people and uses the flowers as a metaphor for the reactionary and decadent feudal ruling group. It vividly shows the decisive and determined spirit of the peasant revolutionary leader. The whole poem is majestic in spirit, unique in imagination, novel in metaphor, magnificent in diction, and magnificent in artistic conception.