Behind people's backs, quietly cultivate their own fields, from the Song Dynasty Wang's "Spring outing in Cheng Yi". This idiom vividly describes the behavior of some people gossiping and slandering others behind their backs, which is an immoral behavior. At the same time, this idiom also reminds people to pay attention to their words and deeds, not to speak ill of others, not to slander others behind their backs, and to be a moral and conscientious person.
The original text of Cheng Yan's spring outing is: the green poplar and fragrant grass are lingering, and the rain urges the poem to be wet. Wild flowers don't know what to do, and the people behind them are speechless and plow the fields.
Wang introduced:
Wang (1097- 1 167), born in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province (now Wuzhong District, Suzhou City), was a famous poet, calligrapher, painter, writer and official in the early Southern Song Dynasty. He was one of the important figures in the literary world in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he was also known as the four masters of Southern Song literature with Lu You, Xin Qiji and Yang Wanli.
His poetry is famous for its freshness, naturalness, open-mindedness and profound artistic conception, and is known as one of the "Three Musts of Meixi". His calligraphy is famous for its beauty, simplicity, fluency and vividness, and is known as the representative of Meixi Academy.
His paintings are mainly landscapes, flowers, birds and figures, with fresh and natural style and far-reaching artistic conception, and are known as the representative of Meixi Painting School. He used to be an official of Dr. Taichang and an assistant minister of rites, but he resigned many times because of dissatisfaction with official corruption.
His life was full of ups and downs, but he always maintained his love and pursuit of nature and art, leaving many excellent works of literature, calligraphy and painting, and became one of the important figures in the cultural history of China.