Lu You's On the Pillow shows that the poet's thoughts and feelings have changed from the couplet to the end.

Zhuan Xu expressed the national conditions that the author hoped to recover the lost land in the north and loved national unity. The Neck Couplet satirizes the present through the ancient times, expressing the author's feeling that he is still eager for the imperial court to play its role, display his ambition and satisfy his talents. Tail couplet, when I miss my youth, expresses the author's interest in living a leisurely life in the present.