"Neiku burns the bones of officials, which is a splendid grey street" is a sentence in Wei Zhuang's "Ode to Fu Qin" in the Tang Dynasty, which describes the chaotic scene in Chang 'an during the Huang Chao uprising.
Wei Zhuang, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, witnessed the mutinies outside the customs, such as Huang Chao Uprising Army occupying the capital Chang 'an, supporting troops to protect themselves, refusing to be diligent, and wrote a long narrative poem "Ode to Fu Qin", which was all the rage. Because the poem criticized the decadent rule of the Tang Dynasty and the insurrection of the rebels in Huang Chao, especially the sentence "The inner warehouse burned into brilliant ashes, and the sky street trampled on the bones of the nobles", which stimulated the nerves of the nobles and aroused their anger. Under great pressure, Wei Zhuang was forced to take back Yin's manuscript everywhere and confessed the poem. Later generations did not include him in their poems according to their wishes. It was not until the early last century that the discovery of the remains of Dunhuang stone chambers made Yin, who had been lost for more than a thousand years, see the light of day again.
However, the antithetical couplet "Inner Ku is burned to a splendid ash, and the heavenly streets tread on the bones of officials and ministers" has been circulated among the people, becoming the most famous sentence in Wei Zhuang's poems, and is often used by later generations to describe the situation when the political situation is turned upside down. Neiku refers to the palace, where the treasures and splendid treasures stored in the palace are burned to ashes; Tianjie refers to Capital Street. Walking in the street, you are stepping on the bones of nobles. This shocking commotion was originally intended in Weizhuang to describe the burning, killing and looting caused by revenge and lax discipline after Huang Chao's army invaded Chang 'an. On the other hand, it also depicts the situation that the ruler lost face and dignity in front of the rebels. Officials and nobles at that time were naturally frightened and dissatisfied when reading this couplet, but it was often quoted by people because of its sonorous voice, true content, full meaning and strong image.