Implication of Shanglin Fu

Shang Lin Fu expresses the thoughts of rulers who oppose the indulgence of luxury by monarchs and princes and advocate frugality, chastity and tranquility. Through a series of stories, such as Zixu and Wu's struggle for the "Grand Garden and Play Music" of the princes of Qi and Chu, the "Great Beauty" of Emperor Wu's visit to the forest garden and the unparalleled magnificent scene of hunting by Emperor Wu, this paper reveals the extreme luxury and extravagance of the life of the princes and emperors at that time, and adopts the method of "praising and satirizing".

Shanglin Fu is a poem written by Sima Xiangru, a poet in the Western Han Dynasty, and a companion piece of Zi Xufu. The inaccurate description of "Zixu" and "Five Degrees" first led the son of heaven to go to the forest, and then in turn praised the victory of water potential, aquatic products, vegetation, animals, Taiwan view, trees and apes in the son of heaven, then wrote that the son of heaven hunted in the Qing palace, and finally wrote that the son of heaven repented and reflected.