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Lying in the study of the county government, I heard the rustling of bamboo leaves in the wind.
Doubt is the voice of people's sufferings: doubt is the complaint of people's hunger and cold.
Some small officials in Caozhou County: Although we are only small officials in the county.
A branch or a leaf is always related to our feelings: but every move of people affects our feelings.
This is a poem in Zheng Banqiao's Bao Dazhong's Painting Bamboo in Wei County Department in the Year of Prosperity. The whole poem is:
Yazhai lay listening to Little Zhu Xiao, suspecting that it was the voice of the people's sufferings.
Some small collectors in Caozhou County always care about their feelings.
On the surface, these two poems are about bamboo, which means: we small state and county officials, the branches and leaves of bamboo outside the yamen bedroom, all affect our feelings. The actual meaning is: although we are only small state and county officials, every move of the people affects our feelings. This fully reflects Zheng Banqiao's concern for people's sufferings.
This poem shows that the poet (Zheng Xie) is indifferent to fame and fortune, loves the people like a son, and is compassionate and kind to the people.
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Yazhai/Lieting/Xiao, Doubt is/Folk Songs/Bitterness.
A small/my Cao/county official, a branch/a leaf/a common worry.