The poem "Lao Niu is rough and has a hard work debt" is: A hundred miles of west wind brings the fragrance of grain and millet, and the sound of spring falls in Dou Valley. The old cow has paid off the plowing debt, gnawing grass and lying on the slope in the sunset.
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"He Shu" is a seven-character quatrain composed by Kong Pingzhong, a poet in the Song Dynasty. The first two sentences of the poem hit the mark, writing that the west wind blows frequently, the autumn harvest season has arrived, the millet is fragrant, the autumn water is clear, gurgling into the ditch, the rice has been harvested, and the threshing floor is busy. The third sentence writes directly about Lao Niu, not forgetting the hard work of Lao Niu, and it means to praise Lao Niu and to pity Lao Niu.
The last sentence describes the leisurely life of Lao Niu, summarizing the whole poem, and closely links the word "ripe crops". The poem moves from the extremely lively threshing floor to the extremely comfortable old cow, which is in sharp contrast; and through this silence, a joyful atmosphere of harvest emerges.
Creative background
The author Kong Pingzhong was demoted many times and worked as a local official. His familiarity and understanding of the countryside enabled him to truly and vividly depict the rural scenery; and his boredom with officialdom was washed away and comforted by this rustic rural custom.
About the author
Kong Pingzhong, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name was Yifu, a native of Xingan, Linjiang (now Xingan, Jiangxi). In 1065 (the second year of Zhiping), he became a Jinshi. He was the secretary-general and the school manager of Jixian. He was sent to Hengzhou and transferred to Shaozhou. When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he was appointed as a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Wailang, and moved to the Ministry of Finance as a doctor. He was promoted to Yongxing Road Prison and served in Kuang Yan and Huanqing.
Removed due to party disputes in the court. Together with his brothers Kong Wenzhong and Kong Wuzhong, they are both famous for their articles, and they are collectively known as the "Three Kongs of Qingjiang". They have the "Collection of Three Kongs of Qingjiang". He is the author of "Xu Shi Shuo", "Kong Shi Tan Yuan", "Heng Huang New Theory", etc.
Appreciation of the work
This poem is very much like an ancient rural folk painting. According to Qian Zhongshu's "Annotations to Selected Poems of the Song Dynasty", the famous painter Yun Ge (Shou Ping) in the early Qing Dynasty once used this poem to compose paintings. The first sentence, "A hundred miles of west wind carries the fragrance of grass and millet", outlines the picture of the golden autumn season in the countryside. The poet is riding a horse, riding a car, or climbing high, looking around and having a panoramic view of hundreds of miles of farmland. The rice and millet that are full of fruits are blowing in the west wind, and the waves are blowing, and the fragrance is astonishing. Faced with this situation, the poet was deeply intoxicated by it.
In the sentence "The sound of the spring falls into the valley," the poet closed his eyes and focused from the vast scene to the spring ditch and the busy threshing floor. "Ming Quan Luo Dou" is what you can see before your eyes. The gurgling spring falls on the creek and makes a clear sound, which mixes with the busy sounds of the threshing floor to form a pleasant rural autumn scene.
Li Wenyuan's "Ode to the Clearness of April and the Clearness of the Rain" contains the sentence "The wind blows everywhere and the crops are good, and I stand on my horse to listen to the farm songs out of love." Although it is written about a spring scene, the artistic conception is quite similar to this poem. Similarities can be referred to each other.