1. In a certain corner of the world, there is a wonder of the world. This miracle is called the Old Summer Palace. Art has two sources: one is ideal, which produces European art; the other is fantasy, which produces Eastern art. The Summer Palace is to fantasy art what the Parthenon is to ideal art. ——Hugo of France

This sentence shows that the Old Summer Palace is the same as the Parthenon in Greece, the Pyramid of Egypt, the Colosseum in Rome, and Notre Dame in Paris. They are all unique world wonders, the crystallization of human wisdom and blood and sweat, and an important part of world civilization. This pave the way for expressing the author's grief and sympathy for the destruction of the Old Summer Palace and his extreme anger towards the invaders.

2. The French Empire received half of the loot from this victory, and now it was naive enough to put the glorious plunder of the Old Summer Palace on display as if it were the real owner. I long for the day when France can get rid of its burdens, cleanse itself of its guilt, and return these wealth to the plundered China. ——Hugo of France

This sentence praises the extraordinary artistic achievements and artistic value of the Old Summer Palace, thereby expressing anger and accusation against the invaders, and expressing great sympathy for the invaded and plundered people.

3. One day, two robbers from Europe broke into the Old Summer Palace. One robber looted the property, the other set fire to it. These two robbers, one is called France and the other is called English. ——Victor Hugo of France

The author angrily condemned the crimes of the invaders, made his views clear, protested against the British and French allied forces' expedition to China, and hoped that they would return the looted property to China.

4. "Diao Yuanmingyuan Site" Modern Times: Li Dazhao

The Yuanming Dynasty twice destroyed Kunming, and the crane could not bear to return after being transformed for thousands of years.

A sad song cannot be finished, and the remaining ashes are like smoke flying in the evening.

Vernacular interpretation: The Old Summer Palace was destroyed twice in wars and finally turned into rubble. The ancestors who had been dead for thousands of years could not bear to come back and see this tragic image. The sad Hujia song cannot be played out, and the remaining ashes have not been scattered to this day.

The Old Summer Palace was destroyed twice during the Second Opium War and the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China, which illustrates the humiliation and ruin at that time. Even the fledged thousand-year-old crane could not bear to return to witness it.

5. "The Former Site of Diao Yuanmingyuan" Modern Times: Li Dazhao

The jade palace and Qiong Tower are covered with green leaves, and the black marks of animal hooves run through the moss.

The ruins of the monument are endless, and the people in the palace are old, and the sky is clearing the ashes from Haolai.

Vernacular interpretation: The splendid palace at that time has turned into a pile of rubble, and only birds and animals walked through the deserted garden. The broken stone tablet was buried in the haystacks. The waiter who was in the palace now has an aging face and can only search hard among the ashes of the war.