1, Introduction to the Works
Village Night is a seven-character quatrain written by Lei Zhen, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. This is a poem describing the night scene of the countryside: it vividly depicts a pond surrounded by grass, a red sun that seems to have been bitten by a mountain, and a child sitting on the back of a cow, playing a tune out of tune casually with a piccolo. The poet used local materials to form a rural night scene with great interest in life, expressing the poet's love and praise for the rural night scene.
2. Original text
Cunwan
Song Dynasty: Lei Zhen
In a pond full of grass, the water is full of water, and the mountains cover the waves.
Cowherd's child sat on the cow's back and casually played the tune with piccolo.
3. The author
Song Lei Zhen, life is unknown. Or that Meizhou (now Meishan, Sichuan) is a scholar in Jiading, Song Ningzong. It is also said that he was a native of Nanchang (now Jiangxi) and a scholar in the first year of Song Duzong Xianchun (1265). For his poems, see Chronicle of Song Poetry (Volume 74).