That year civil war had broken out on the mainland, and in the poem Yen unintentionally revealed his care and love for China. The Japanese did not find it attractive.
唐羽表示，當年大陸上軍閥內戰正熾，顏雲年心有所感，寫了這首詩，不意流露出對中國的關心、眷戀，令日本人十分不是滋味。