First, plant a millet in spring and harvest 10,000 seeds in autumn. There is no waste of heaven and earth, and the toiling peasants are still starving to death. -Li Shen's "Compassion for Farmers"
Appreciate:
These two poems, "Sow a millet in spring and reap ten thousand kinds in autumn", show the hard work process of farmers from spring sowing to autumn harvest. They invest a lot of time and energy, but often only get a meager return.
The poem "There are no idle fields in the four seas, but farmers still starve to death" reveals a cruel reality: even in the harvest season, farmers may not get enough food to meet their basic needs. They lead a hard life, and even food and clothing are not guaranteed.
This extremely unreasonable social phenomenon makes us deeply feel the hardships of farmers' lives and the serious uneven distribution of social wealth. This situation is worrying. Even in modern society, we should pay attention to and solve these problems to ensure that everyone can get basic survival guarantee and live a decent life.
Second, I went to town yesterday and came back with tears in my eyes. Those who wear Luo Qi are not silkworm farmers. -Zhang Yu's "Silkworm Girl"
This poem describes a sericulture farmer who went to the city to sell his silk. But she witnessed the luxurious life of the rich in the city with her own eyes and deeply felt the strong contrast between herself and these people. She found that none of these rich people worked as hard as she did. This huge contrast made the peasant woman sad, and tears soaked the towel.
The poet reveals the class contradiction and injustice in feudal society by describing the expression, emotion and psychological activities of peasant women. This unreasonable social reality makes the working people live in poverty, while the exploiters live in extreme luxury. The poet silently exposed the extreme injustice of society with simple language and showed deep sympathy for the plight of the working people at the lower level.
Third, the rice clouds are not rainy or yellow, and the buckwheat flowers are early frosted. It's worse than a leap year. -Yang Wanli's Sympathy for Farmers
Appreciate:
The first sentence, "Rice clouds are not too yellow without rain", describes that rice fields cannot mature due to lack of rain, suggesting that farmers' grain harvest will be seriously affected. The second sentence, "Buckwheat Frost Blooms Early", tells the story that Buckwheat failed to bear fruit because it was attacked by frost prematurely, further explaining the dilemma faced by farmers. These two poems reveal the helplessness and pain of farmers in the face of natural disasters.
Then in the third sentence, the poet said, "I have been starving all my life", which means that farmers are ready to endure years of famine. But in the fourth sentence, the poet emphasizes the reality that this year is another leap month year, which means that farmers will spend longer and their plight will last longer.