Two Poems of Agricultural Compassion from Li Shen in Tang Dynasty.
In spring, as long as you sow a seed, you can harvest a lot of food in autumn.
There is no waste of heaven and earth, and the toiling peasants are still starving to death.
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil.
Who would have thought that our bowl of rice and grain are full of the blood and sweat of farmers?
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As long as a seed is sown in spring, a lot of food can be harvested in autumn.
All over the world, there are no fields that are not cultivated, and there are no fields that are not cultivated, but there are still farmers working, but they starve to death.
At noon in midsummer, when the sun was shining, farmers were still working and sweat dripped into the soil.
Who would have thought that every grain of rice in our bowl was bought by farmers' hard work?
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Benjamin: What a pity. There is sympathy here. A poem is two ancient poems. The sequential versions of these two poems are different.
Xiaomi: generally refers to cereals.
Autumn Harvest: A "Qiu Cheng". Son: refers to grain particles.
Four seas: refers to the whole country. Idle field: a field that has not been cultivated.
Y: still.
Grass: a general term for cereal plants.
Rice: a "rice". A generic term for cooked food. ▲
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References:
1, Patten, etc. The Complete Works of Tang Poetry (Ⅱ). Shanghai: Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1986: 12262, Yu Haidi et al. Complete works of Tang poetry appreciation. Beijing: China Overseas Chinese Publishing House, 20 10: 354-355.
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At the beginning of the first song, the bumper harvest is described concretely and vividly by turning "one millet" into "ten thousand seeds", and the farmers' labor is praised by "sowing" and "harvesting".
"There are no idle fields in the four seas, and farmers still starve to death." The last two sentences of the poem say that in the whole world, no land is abandoned and cultivated, and working farmers will still starve to death.
By extension, the third sentence describes that within the four seas, wasteland becomes fertile land. This is linked with the first two sentences, which constitutes a fruitful scene everywhere. "Full" is for stronger "Mao". The progressive brushwork of the poet's first three sentences shows the great contribution and infinite creativity of the working people, making the following knot more dignified and painful. So what if there is a bumper harvest? "Farmers still starve to death" not only makes the content coherent, but also highlights the problem. Hard-working farmers got a bumper harvest with their hands, but they were still empty-handed and starved to death. Poetry forces people to think with a heavy heart: Who created the human tragedy? The answer is clear. The poet put all this behind the scenes for readers to look for. This points the finger at the unreasonable social wealth distribution system.
The second poem, the first sentence "mowing the grass at noon", summarizes the activities, time and weather of farmers. At noon, it means that at noon, the sun is shining and it is the hottest time of the day. Poets generally don't write about how farmers are tired of weeding, but focus on him and the first sentence "It's noon". At noon in summer, under the scorching sun, farmers are weeding and loosening the soil in the fields. Due to the hot weather and high labor intensity, Cimin was so tired that his sweat dripped into the soil under the seedlings.
The third and fourth sentences "Who knows that every meal is hard?" . It is the poet who expresses his feelings. Plate, plate, here refers to the bowl. Rice, refers to the food. All, all. Meaning: Who knows that every grain of rice in the bowl is obtained by farmers' hard work? The implication is, shouldn't everyone cherish every grain of food and respect the work of farmers?
The language of this poem is plain and easy to understand, but it is very touching. The main reason is to reveal one of the most important problems in life with the help of image description and image discussion. Describe and write in detail the weeding in farmers' fields under the scorching sun; The discussion revolves around the "Chinese food on the plate" that everyone needs. Besides, poetry is closely related and logical. Without the description of the first two sentences, the last two sentences are vague, without foundation and strength. On the contrary, without the following discussion, the previous description would remain superficial and its significance would not be so profound.
Compared with those famous poems, these two short poems are not excellent in the flowery Tang poetry world, but they are widely spread, well known to women and children, and it is not unreasonable to be recited and tasted by people.