The painting of bamboo in the Weixian County Department is presented to the Nian Bo Bao Dazhong Chengkuo
Zheng Xie
Lying in the Yazhai, listening to Xiao Xiaozhu,
Suspected to be the sound of suffering among the people.
These little officials of Caozhou County,
every branch and leaf are always related to love.
This song was given to Zheng Banqiao when he was the magistrate of Weixian County, Shandong Province in 1746-1747 AD (the 11th to 12th year of Qianlong's reign). One or two sentences use metaphors to support things. The first sentence "lying in the yamen office and listening to the bamboos rustling" is written by the author lying down and resting in the yamen study room. At this time, he heard the breeze blowing the bamboos outside the window, and the bamboos rustled, and his voice was sobbing, which gave people a very special feeling. A feeling of sadness and desolation. The second sentence "suspected to be the sound of suffering among the people" is the author's association with the cold sound of bamboo. The author thought of the suffering of the common people from the sound of wind and bamboo in nature. It seemed to be the whimpering sound of the common people struggling with hunger and cold, which fully reflected the author's feelings about the common people while in the government office. Three or four sentences express your thoughts freely. The third sentence, "I am a small official in Caozhou County," is both about myself and my friends. It can be seen that it is all the "parents and officials" who should relieve the people's worries. This poem broadens the connotation of the poem. The fourth sentence "Every branch and leaf is always related to love". This poem not only echoes the wind bamboo painting and the title of the poem, but also expresses deep emotions. Every bit of the common people is closely connected with the "parents and officials". Zheng Banqiao's poem on the painting evokes the suffering of the common people through the sound of the wind blowing and swaying bamboos, expressing the author's deep concern and sympathy for the fate of the common people.