Pastoral Miscellany of the Four Seasons
"Pastoral Miscellany of the Four Seasons (Part 1)" is a pastoral poem written by Fan Chengda, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. One of the poems "60 Pastoral Miscellaneous Poems of the Four Seasons"
Created in the Southern Song Dynasty
Poems of "60 Pastoral Miscellaneous Poems of the Four Seasons"
Pastoral Miscellanies of the Four Seasons ·The first four o'clock pastoral miscellany, the twenty-five-four o'clock pastoral miscellany, the day out, the field night, the four o'clock pastoral miscellany, the ancient poetry, the four o'clock pastoral miscellany, the thirty-one four o'clock pastoral miscellany, the twenty-five-four o'clock pastoral miscellaneous The Thirty-one Miscellany Fan Chengda’s Pastoral Miscellany of the Four Seasons Su Xin City Xu Gongdian’s Autumn Night Will Come Out of the Fence Gate to Welcome the Coolness at Dawn
Original text of the work
Song Dynasty - ----Fan Chengda
Working in the fields during the day and working on hemp crops at night, all the children in the village are in charge of their own affairs. The children and grandchildren are still working for farming and weaving, and they are also learning to grow melons near the mulberry tree.
Notes
1. Zaxing: Psalms written at random without a fixed theme. 2. 日 (zhòu): daytime. 3. Farming: getting rid of weeds. 4. Ji Ma: twist the hemp into thread.
5. Everyone is in charge: Everyone has a certain job. 6. Children and grandchildren: refers to children. 7. Unsolved: Don’t understand. 8. Provide: engage in, participate in.
9. Near: close. 10. Mulberry shade: a cool place under the mulberry tree.
Poetic
Going out to weed in the fields during the day and coming back to twist hemp rope at night, both men and women in the farm family shoulder the burden of the family. Children don't know how to farm, but they also learn to grow melons like adults under the mulberry trees.
Appreciation
"Pastoral Miscellany in Four Seasons" is a set of large-scale Tian family poems written by the poet after he retired to his hometown. There are sixty poems in total, describing spring, summer, and rural life in rural areas. The scenery of the four seasons of autumn and winter and the lives of farmers also reflect the exploitation suffered by farmers and the hardship of life. This is one of them, describing a scene in rural summer life.
The first sentence says: Go to the fields to weed during the day, and twist twine at night. "Tuntian" means weeding. In early summer, the rice seedlings need to be weeded. This is what men do. "Ji Ma" means that after women finish other work during the day, they knead twine and weave it into cloth at night. This sentence directly describes the labor scene. The second sentence "Every son and daughter in the village is in charge of his own family." "Children" refers to men and women. The whole poem uses the tone of an old farmer, and "children" refers to young people. "Head of the family" means that both men and women have no time to spare, and each has his or her own business. The third sentence "Tongsun is not known to be engaged in farming and weaving", "Tongsun" refers to those children, they can neither farm nor weave, but they are not idle either. They have been exposed to it since childhood and love to work, so they "learned to grow melons under the shade of mulberry trees", that is, they learned to grow melons under the lush mulberry trees. This is a common phenomenon in rural areas, but it is quite unique. The conclusion expresses the innocence of rural children.
The poet uses a fresh style of writing to give a more detailed description of the tense labor atmosphere in the countryside in early summer, which is very interesting to read.
"Pastoral Miscellanies in Four Seasons (Part 1)" is a pastoral poem written by Fan Chengda, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is one of his "60 Pastoral Miscellaneous Poems in Four Seasons" written by him.