Introduction to the Forest of Steles: The Forest of Steles contains many poems and songs by ancient famous writers with the theme of "Hongmen Banquet". For example, in the Song Dynasty, Xie Ao's "Hongmen Banquet": The sky clouds belong to the earth and sweat flows across the sky, and the cup shadow, dragon and snake divide Han and Chu. When people from Chu dance, they are originally from Chu, and among them there are people from Chu who dance from Han. The pelican is quenched by the light and the female is silent. The lonely minister of Chu State weeps for the captives. He was angry when he was old, and his bright clouds returned to the wind and rain. Do you think Chu Wu is like a dream? Chu Wu finally heard the singing and dancing. This poem uses the past to satirize the present. On the surface, it is satirizing Xiang Yu's failure to adopt Fan Zeng's strategy when he allowed the tiger to return to the mountains, which led to the tragic ending of the Battle of Gaixia. In fact, it is a satire on the stupidity of the rulers of the Southern Song Dynasty.

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