Source: From the Song Dynasty's Notes on the Old Learning Temple, Volume 5: "Tian Dengzuo County, self-concealing its name, people who touch it will be angry, and many officials and soldiers will be blamed. So for the country, the light is fire. Shangyuan turned off the lights and let people enter the state for sightseeing. Officials then announced the book list in the city, saying that' the state has set fire for three days as usual'. "
Interpretation: officials are allowed to set fire to run amok, and ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps. Describe that rulers can do whatever they want, but the legitimate words and deeds of the people are subject to various restrictions. It also refers to doing whatever you want, but strictly demanding others or prohibiting others from having legitimate rights.
2, a thousand hammers, a needle, a bump and a piece of cloth.
Source: From Wen Yingjiang's Yong Zhen, Wen Yingjiang, whose real name is Minshan, was born in Tongzhi 13 (1874) and paid tribute in the late Qing Dynasty. The magistrate approved its volume and said, "The literary reform is prosperous and the word is ugly in eight counties."
Interpretation: people who only look at their appearance are compared to needles, because needles can only be used to make clothes, so they only know clothes and don't know people. This poem satirizes those who don't know how to repay kindness. This poem satirizes those who judge people only by their appearance and don't pay attention to their inner quality with sewing needles.
Businessmen don't know how to hate their country, but also sing "backyard flowers" across the river.
Source: From (Tang) Du Mu's "Bo Qinhuai".
Interpretation: The singer doesn't know what is the hatred of national subjugation, but she is still singing the garden flowers of Yushu across the river. This is an impromptu work, which reveals the decadent life of the rulers of the late Tang Dynasty by describing what they saw and heard when they stayed at Qinhuai overnight. The banks of Qinhuai River were prosperous places in the Six Dynasties, where rich and powerful people and poets indulged in debauchery and pleasure.
4, there are no idle fields in the four seas, and farmers starve to death.
Source: Two poems about agriculture written by Li Shen in Tang Dynasty.
Interpretation: In spring, farmers sow seeds one by one, and they can receive a lot of food in autumn. Although all the land is cultivated by farmers and there are no idle fields, there are still people who farm and starve to death because the food is confiscated by the government.
5. A gentleman wants to get rid of the Party, but Party A and Party B are afraid of you.
Source: The Northern Song Dynasty poet Tang Geng wrote Egret.
Interpretation: You were Cai Jingren who was in charge of state affairs at that time. The gentlemen in court are interested in getting rid of the hook party. Where is the Hook Party? To put it more bluntly, it is to eliminate dissidents. These egrets will follow the method you deliberately seek, from A to B, and then from B to C, and one day they will fall on your head. No matter how innocent you are, you will be prosecuted, and you can't escape.