People make to be gold, gold does not pay much depth. Zong Ling Xu Rannuo temporary phase, the end is a lengthy road heart.
This poem, the poet with a fine police language, revealed in the Tang Dynasty Moral Degeneration of the situation. Secular society "Friendship Pagoda" completely built on a base of gold, no gold piece of the foundation stone will soon collapse. Make gold as a measure of the weight of the world: more than gold here, there is not deep friendship followed. Exactly constitutes a direct proportion between the two. First two sentences of poetry is to expose the state money on the human world "pollution." Poems in the wall in the master Chang, is a typical money-minded people. Tang Empire of Kyoto as Chang'an, is the hub of foreign traffic and foreign trade center, "Silk Road" of the distribution center. Since the mid-Tang, business and industry, especially the thriving business in particular. Chang exciting things in the prosperity of the two markets, Jun _set_s with all kinds of goods and all kinds of valuables. Gold as a means of commodity circulation, the majority in this colorful world where supernatural powers. And Chang is also the political center of the country, with the royal government of corruption, those in power, seek personal gain fame and fortune of the phenomenon is more prominent. So, in a feudal society, the owner of such figures appear Chang wall is not surprising. After the two poems: "Zongling pledge temporary phase Xu, the end is a lengthy road heart." Lays out the image of the wall of Chang'an and the owner of insincere smiles indifference heart. Although he verbally promised a temporary phase ("pledge") is only half-hearted on the surface of entertainment, not to mention what friendship, his heart, as cold as passers-by. "Long" word to describe the "road heart", it seems plain, very vivid reality, depicts the world situation, penetrating. Literature is a mirror of society of a painting. This poem reflects the society in the Tang Dynasty, a human side of world states. (Ho Kwok Chi)