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Returning to the Garden and Living in the Field·Part Three
Wei and Jin Dynasties: Tao Yuanming
Bean planting at the foot of the southern mountain, the grass is abundant and the bean seedlings are sparse.
In the morning, I clean up the wasteland and filth, and return with a hoe in the moonlight.
The road is narrow and the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew touches my clothes.
It is not a pity to have stains on your clothes, but your wishes are true.
Translation: I plant beans at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, where weeds are lush and bean seedlings are sparse. I get up early in the morning and go to the fields to remove weeds, and return home under the moonlight when night falls. The mountain path is narrow and overgrown with vegetation, and my clothes were wet with dew at night. It's not a pity that my clothes got wet, I just hope I don't violate my intention to go into seclusion.
This eight-sentence short chapter "Growing Beans at the foot of the Southern Mountain" expresses profound ideological content in a small space of forty words, describing the poet's life after living in seclusion. Scenes of farming work.