As follows:
1. Only state officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps.
Source: From Volume 5 of "Notes of Laoxue'an" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty: "Tian was appointed as a county and kept his name secret. Those who touched him would be angry, and many officials and soldiers were beaten. So the whole state was called Lanterns are used for fire. When Shangyuan put up lanterns to allow people to visit the state, the officials published a book in the city saying: "This state is set on fire for three days." , people are not allowed to light lamps for lighting. It describes that rulers can do whatever they want and do whatever they want, but the people's legitimate words and deeds are subject to various restrictions. It also generally refers to doing whatever you want, but strictly demanding others or not allowing others to have legitimate rights.
2. A needle is refined and hammered a thousand times, and the cloth moves up after being turned upside down.
Source: From Wen Yingjiang's "Ode to the Needle". Wen Yingjiang, courtesy name Minshan, was born in the 13th year of Tongzhi (1874) and served as a tribute in the late Qing Dynasty. The magistrate approved the volume and said, "Wen Gaitongchang, named Chou Baxian".
Interpretation: Compare those who only look at appearance to needles, because needles can only be used to make clothes, so they only recognize clothes but not people. This poem satirizes those who do not know how to repay kindness. , this poem uses a sewing needle to satirize those who only judge the good or bad of people based on their appearance and do not pay attention to the inside.
3. The merchant girl did not know the hatred of her country's subjugation, but she still sang "Flowers in the Back Garden" across the river.
Source: From "Po Qinhuai" by Du Mu (Tang Dynasty).
Interpretation: The singing girl does not understand what the hatred of the subjugation of the country is, and she is still singing about the eucalyptus and the flowers in the backyard across the river. This is a poem inspired by the scene. By writing about the feelings of what he saw and heard while mooring in Qinhuai at night, it reveals the decadent life of the rulers of the late Tang Dynasty who indulged in sex, drunkenness and dreams. Both sides of the Qinhuai River were prosperous places during the Six Dynasties, a place where the rich, powerful, scholars and poets indulged in sex and had fun.
4. There is no idle land in the world, and farmers are still starving to death.
Source: From "Two Poems of Compassion for the Farmers" by Li Shen of the Tang Dynasty.
Interpretation: In spring, farmers plant seeds one by one and receive a lot of food in autumn. Although the land everywhere is cultivated by farmers and there is no idle land, there are still people who work in the fields and starve to death because their grain is confiscated by the government.
5. The princes intend to get rid of the hook party, but A and B are afraid that the king will be harmed.
Source: Northern Song Dynasty poet Tang Geng in his "Egret".
Explanation: The princes were the Cai Jingliu who controlled the government at that time. The princes in the court intend to eliminate the Gou Party. In fact, the purpose of eliminating the Gou Party is to eliminate dissidents. These egrets, according to the method that the princes deliberately seek to deduce guilt, will go from A to B, and then from B to C, one day, it will fall on you. No matter how innocent you are, you will definitely be charged and you will not be able to escape.