1. "Poems of Hesheng Yu's Agricultural Tools"
Song Dynasty Wang Anshi
Plowing in the morning is exposed, and the moon rises continuously in the evening.
I don’t have a single profit, but my master has thousands of boxes.
2. Translation:
Plowing the fields under the frost and dew in the morning, and still working at moonrise at night.
I did not enjoy the slightest benefit, but I created tens of millions of warehouses of food for people.
3. Appreciation:
The poem praises the dedication of cattle. In the morning, the fields were still full of frost and dew, and the cows had already gone to work in the fields. Until the moon rose at night, the cows were still working in the fields. You can imagine their hard work and exhaustion.
However, the cow does not make a dime, it only creates rich fruits for mankind. It can be seen that cows only give and ask for nothing.
It is silent, just cultivating and dedicating. This "old scalper spirit" is really praiseworthy! It can be used to praise devotees who work hard and do not seek personal gain.
The life of Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi (December 18, 1021 - May 21, 1086), named Jiefu, late Banshan, posthumous name "Wen", known in the world as Wang Wengong, who called himself Mr. Linchuan, was named Duke of Jing in his later years. He was known as Mr. Linchuan and also known as Wang Jinggong. He was a native of Yanshou Township, Linchuan, Jiangxi Province (now Shangchi Village, Liwei, Dongxiang County). He was an outstanding politician, writer, thinker, and reformer.
Wang Anshi's reform had a profound impact on the social economy of the late Northern Song Dynasty and had the characteristics of modern changes. Wang Anshi promoted the reform with the spirit of "no change in nature, no law in ancestors, and no sympathy in people's words", and strived to He was a great reformer in the eleventh century of China who eliminated the long-standing disadvantages of the Northern Song Dynasty and implemented a series of measures to enrich the country and strengthen the army.
With outstanding achievements in literature, he was one of the eight great writers in the Tang and Song Dynasties, namely Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty and Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Che, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong in the Song Dynasty.
His poems "learn from Du's thinness and toughness". He is good at reasoning and rhetoric, and is good at using allusions. His style is powerful and powerful, his insights are brilliant, and he also has works with profound emotion and charm. He is the author of "Collected Works of Mr. Linchuan", which currently includes "Collections of Wang Linchuan", "Collections of Linchuan Collection", and the famous prose "A Journey to Bao Chan Mountain".