This poem by the pre-Tang ruler Chen Shubao was a byword for decadence and immorality
The title you've given doesn't sell it short - the last line's as close to explicit as anything I've ever seen in Chinese poetry.
Hard to see how living under a ruler whose epitaph reads "Wrote that, then got conquered" would have been much fun.
The title you've given doesn't sell it short - the last line's as close to explicit as anything I've ever seen in Chinese poetry.
Hard to see how living under a ruler whose epitaph reads "Wrote that, then got conquered" would have been much fun.