The first pair of couplets "Maoyuan City is picturesque, and Nagato tile wants to flow" always describes the appearance of Chen Hougong: the gorgeous Maoyuan City is picturesque and luxurious, and Nagato glass shines brightly. In the sun, the glaze color is blurred like water. The main idea of this couplet is to describe the splendor of Duke Hou of Chen at the beginning, and to hint at the decadent life of Chen Houzhu. "Picturesque" is the characteristic of the real scene, which is in sharp contrast with the final outcome and has a strong irony.
Zhuan Xu "depends on Shuiguang Temple, and rises to Yuehua Building". The scenery from the whole to the part, from the long shot to the close-up, is aimed at the two most representative buildings: the Yuehua Building next to Shuiguang Temple, for the nobles to enjoy and play, just like a thriving scene. "Rely on" and "re-rise" have further meanings, which fully illustrate the endless hedonism of feudal nobles, and show that the unsatisfied desires of these rulers will inevitably lead to national subjugation and people subjugation.
The idea of "opening the mirror at night, welcoming the pheasant and offering autumn" in the neck couplet is considered backwards, and an inverted sentence is used. The normal word order is: opening the mirror at night, offering autumn in winter. These two sentences are written from the lofty, gorgeous and exquisite external palace to two typical scenes of daily life, from the outside to the inside, from architecture to life, which can be said to be a step further. The purpose is to satirize Chen Houzhu's extravagance and waste, and he doesn't know how to be thrifty. These two sentences reflect the indulgence and luxury of the feudal rulers day and night, and satirize the luxurious life of Chen Houzhu. These two sentences reveal that the rulers enjoy themselves all the time, and their criticism is further enhanced.
"All ministers are half drunk, and the son of heaven is carefree" by the Taiwan Federation depicts a picture of "half drunk" and "carefree" pleasure in a cartoon way, expressing indignation at the decadent upper ruling group. The word "drunk" in this sentence is a pun here, which not only means that ministers are drunk and stagger, but also means that ministers are insensitive and ignorant of national politics. Seeing this scene, the emperor who is the son of heaven is indifferent and carefree, which shows that he never takes state affairs seriously. The author takes this opportunity to satirize Chen Houzhu's folly and incorrigibility.
This poem describes the feudal rulers who built palaces, lived in luxury and played around the clock. The whole poem begins with a panoramic gorgeous building and ends with a scene where the monarch and the minister lie drunk and open their eyes wide and close their eyes wide. From the surface to the inside, the description gradually enters the core of the ruler's decadent life, presenting naked luxury and arrogance to readers layer by layer like peeling bamboo shoots, and the conceptual layout is exquisite. This is a typical paving technique, intended to be extremely luxurious. Of course, the author brought up the past with ulterior motives. In the late Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin's rulers had been building a lot of buildings, wasting people's money and living in extreme luxury, which led to chaos in dynasty politics. This scene is exactly the same as that of that year, and it is exactly the same as the fall of rulers in previous dynasties. This is a lesson from history. The author satirizes the present through the past, expressing deep feelings, revealing the author's sober and deep concern for the dynasty rulers attacked by teenagers, and at the same time playing a role in alerting the world.