Cattle are animals closely related to human survival.
Niu's hard work, loyalty and gentleness are touching.
In the poet's pen, cattle are either pastoral actors or humiliating devotees.
Reading the following ten classic poems about cattle will make people sympathize with the tragic fate of cattle and admire their lofty spirit.
This is also the mystery of the infinite charm of ancient poetry.
(1) sick cattle
(Song) Li Gang
Niu Geng's 1,000-acre disease has brought the fruits of labor to thousands of granaries, but its own spirit is very tired and exhausted, but who will pity its hard work?
But in order to satisfy all sentient beings, even if they are sick in the sun, they will not hesitate.
Comment: Who cares about cows who have worked hard all their lives? When it is old and sick, it is still praying that "all beings are full." In this "sick cow" who only wants to pay and doesn't want to return, there is a word-"person".
(2) Chilean songs
Anonymous (Southern and Northern Dynasties)
Chilechuan at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
The sky is like the sky, and the cage covers four fields.
The sky is gray and wild.
See cattle and sheep when the wind blows.
Comments: This is an ecological grassland. This is a herd of cattle and sheep on the grassland. This is a rough grassland pastoral.
(3) A farmhouse by the Weihe River
(Tang) Wang Wei
Sunset shines on the market, and cattle and sheep go home along the path.
A rugged old man in a thatched door leaned against a cane and thought about his son, the shepherd boy.
There are whistling pheasants? Full ears of wheat, sleeping silkworms and peeled mulberry leaves.
Jojo and Fu Tian greet each other cordially.
No wonder I long for a simple life and sigh the old song, oh, back to the past! .
Comments: In the sunset, flocks of cattle and sheep went home and walked on the country road. What a poetic picture.
(4) Seeking harmony and respecting teachers for seclusion.
(Tang) Li Bai
The mountain peak is steep, and Capricorn's day is free from the memory of that year.
Clear the thick clouds for the ancient road of Gu Shan, and the strange trees listen to the painting springs.
Warm flowers lie on green cows, white cranes sleep on high pine branches.
Talk to the teacher, the river has been shrouded in dusk, I want to walk alone in the cold mountain clouds.
Comments: pines are tall and straight, pines are like songs, and white cranes live leisurely. The sun is warm, the mountain flowers are in full bloom, and the green cattle lie freely. White crane, full of fairy spirit. Green cow, send out auspicious signs. This is worthy of being a secluded place for "immortals".
(5) In the Sangcha Tunnel
(Song) Yang Wanli
In Mystery, when it is windy and rainy, the grass is full of flowers and the water is full of streams.
A boy sleeps in the shade, and a cow eats in the shade.
Comment: This is a happy cow. This is a poem full of childlike interest.
(6) Going to Beijing is one thing.
Sadulla (yuan)
Sheep and sheep are walking in the sunset, and the air is filled with the fragrance of weeds and the sweetness of cheese.
Suddenly there was a big storm, and the dust was like snow. Everyone put down their tents' blankets.
Comment: This is a rare grassland pastoral in ancient poetry. Its unique description of grassland customs is full of different kinds of poetry. The loose cattle and sheep in the sunset are synonymous with calmness and ease.
(7) Harvest
(Song) Kong
The west wind, blowing across the plain, brings the fragrance of millet; In spring, splashing into the ditch, the threshing floor is a busy one.
Only it-the old cow who worked hard for a year, fallow on the hillside, chewing grass and bathing in the golden sunset.
Comments: This is an old cow who has worked hard all his life and enjoyed the harvest. It is "debt-free and light", lying comfortably on the slope, bathing in the glory of the sunset and chewing the ruminant forage in its stomach.
(8) Rural residence
(Song) Zhang Shunmin
Running water surrounds the paddy field, and the fence is full of green bamboo; All the elm seeds have been lost, and the hibiscus flowers have become sparse.
As the sun sets, there is no cowboy riding on the back of the cow, only a pair of crows wandering on the village road.
Comments: As the sun sets, there are no cowboys riding lying cows, and they lead crows in pairs and stroll leisurely on the path back to the village. This is an idyllic scene, an idyllic scene.
(9) Qiu Si
(Song) Lu You
Possession drives people to run around, like 10,000 sudden fire cows, but not like a Jianghu ranger and as free as a Sha Ou bird.
Day after day, I feel so idle in my spare time. Even the biggest thing is getting drunk.
In the knocking sound of Yi Dao, the moon in the lane is sinking, the trees by the well are shaking their leaves, and my hometown is autumn.
I want to see the place from a very far height, and I can stand in front of Baizu Building like Chen Deng, which is a great event in the world.
Comment: The tail is on fire, and the cow runs wildly. People are like fire cows because of greed. Here, cattle have lost their industrious and honest nature and become "mad cows" driven by interests.
(10) selling charcoal Weng
(Tang) Bai Juyi
An old man selling charcoal cuts wood and burns charcoal in the mountains in the south all year round.
His face was covered with dust, which was the color of smoke burning, his temples were gray, and his ten fingers were burnt black.
What is the money for selling charcoal for? Buy clothes, buy food in your mouth.
Pity that he is wearing thin clothes, but he is worried that charcoal can't be sold, hoping it will be colder.
At night, it snowed a foot thick outside the city. Early in the morning, the old man drove a charcoal wheel to the market.
Cows are tired and people are hungry, but the sun has risen very high. They are resting in the mud outside the south gate of the market.
Who is that proud man riding on two horses? It was the eunuchs in the palace and eunuchs who did it.
The eunuch, with documents in his hand and the emperor's orders in his mouth, shouted at the petrified palace.
A load of charcoal, more than 1000 kilograms, eunuch attendants to drive away, the old man is helpless, but there is no way.
Those people put half a piece of red yarn and a piece of silk on their heads as the price of charcoal.
Comment: This is a miserable cow. Although it was silent all the way, it, like its owner, struggled for survival and made people cry.