The Tang dynasty's Du Fu wrote, "The country lies in ruins, yet the mountains and rivers remain; trees and flowers blossom in the city in spring." Chen Yuwang wrote the politically satirical metaphor, "In love with beautiful women, but not the mountains and rivers of the nation."
唐朝杜甫寫下「國破山河在，城春草木深」的詩句，民間也有「不愛江山愛美人」的譬喻。