Li Shen, the author of Benjamin Lennon? the Tang Dynasty
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil.
Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?
Interpretation of vernacular:
At noon in midsummer, when the sun was shining, farmers were still working and sweat dripped into the soil.
Who would have thought that the rice in our bowl was full of the blood and sweat of farmers?
Extended data creation background:
According to Fan Gang's Yunxi Friendship in the Tang Dynasty and Lu Shu's Biography of Wei in the old Tang Dynasty, it can be roughly inferred that this group of poems was written by Shen Li in the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (799).
It depicts the scene of working in farmers' fields at noon in the scorching sun, which generally shows the hard life of farmers all year round. Finally, with the motto "Who knows that every meal is hard", the poet expressed his heartfelt sympathy for the farmers.