唐 杜荀鹤  再经胡城县

 去岁曾经此县城， 县民无口不冤声。

今来县宰加朱绂，便是生灵血染成。

T’ang: Tu-Hsun-he

Return to the “Hu-Cheng” Town…

Remember last year as a traveler I have passed through this town,

No one of townsmen did not gasping for breath

And concerning the unfair of life and the ill-treats;

This year I return to it and hear what is in the wind again

But the mayor of “Hu-Cheng” town has earned his new reward since then,

With the red dresses and shiny footing in scarlet-shoes.

Which have been well-nigh the soaking-wet in human-blood.