The previous sentence of "Use it like sand" is "Use all the baht," from Du Mu's "Afanggong Fu".
"Afang Palace Fu" is a fu-style article written by Du Mu, a litterateur in the Tang Dynasty. By describing the construction and destruction of Afang Palace, the article vividly summarizes the historical lessons of the rulers of the Qin Dynasty who were arrogant and extravagant and ruined the country, and issued a warning to the rulers of the Tang Dynasty, showing an upright scholar who cared about the country and the people, and helped the world. feelings. The whole text uses imagination, metaphor, exaggeration and other techniques as well as description, layout and discussion. It combines parallelism and prose, and is well-proportioned. The language of the article is concise, neat but not piled up, rich but not flashy, powerful and bold in style.
Du Mu (803-about 852), courtesy name Muzhi and Fanchuan Jushi, was of Han nationality and was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). Du Mu was an outstanding poet and essayist in the Tang Dynasty. He was the grandson of Prime Minister Du You and the son of Du Congyu. In the second year of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was awarded Jinshi at the age of 26 and was awarded the title of School Secretary of Hongwen Hall. Later, he went to Jiangxi to observe the envoys, transferred to Huainan Jiedu, and then joined the observation envoys. He was in charge of the compilation of the National History Museum, served as a member of the Ministry of Food, Bibu, Si Xunyuanwailang, and the governor of Huangzhou, Chizhou, and Muzhou.
Because he lived in the Fanchuan Villa in South Chang'an in his later years, he was later called "Du Fanchuan" and wrote "Collected Works of Fanchuan". Du Mu's poems are famous for their seven-character quatrains, and their content is mainly about chanting history and expressing feelings. His poems are handsome and full of historical things, and he achieved great success in the late Tang Dynasty. Du Mu was called "Little Du" to distinguish him from Du Fu, "Big Du". Together with Li Shangyin, he is called "Little Li Du".