Poems and poets describing corruption in Qing Dynasty

Ji Hai's miscellaneous poems, including 220 poems (Gong Zizhen)

Only the great explosive power of lightning can make the land of China exude vitality, but the social and political situation is not angry, but a kind of sadness.

I advise God to cheer up and not stick to certain norms to belittle more people.

Ji Hai's Miscellaneous Poems is a (political) poem. I suggest that God stand up again, let go of his talents and don't stick to a pattern. In one sentence, the poet deeply expressed his dissatisfaction with the social situation in the late Qing Dynasty (his mind was imprisoned and lifeless), so he enthusiastically called for (change, the future). "Wind and thunder" metaphor (change, new power).

Gong Zizhen (1792 August 22nd-1841September 26th) was born in Se, and his name was Ding 'an (ān). Han nationality, Renhe (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). In his later years, he lived in Yushan Pavilion in Kunshan, also known as Yushan people. Thinker, poet, writer and reformist pioneer in Qing Dynasty.

Gong Zizhen used to be cabinet secretary, director of Zongrenyuan and director of etiquette department. He advocated abolishing graft and resisting foreign aggression, and once fully supported Lin Zexu to ban opium. He resigned at the age of 48 and returned to the south. The following year, he died in Yunyang College, Danyang, Jiangsu. His poems advocated "changing the law" and "changing the painting", exposed the corruption of the Qing rulers, and were full of patriotic enthusiasm. They were praised by Liu Yazi as "the first class in three hundred years". He is the author of Ding 'an Anthology, with more than 300 articles and nearly 800 poems. Today's collection is the complete works of Gong Zizhen. There are 350 famous articles and Ji Hai's miscellaneous poems. Many works of praise and allegory.