Ancient poems describing the huge gap between people

An ancient poem describing the huge gap between people: silkworm girl, from Beijing to Fengxian, reciting 500 words, Tao Nan.

1. All the people in Luo Qi are not sericulturists. -Zhang Yu's "Silkworm Girl"

Appreciation of Silkworm Maid was written in the Northern Song Dynasty, full of satire and criticism of the society at that time. At that time, the feudal court, while wasting too much, compromised with foreign enemies, which increased the burden on the people and made life miserable.

In this context, the poet described the experience of an ordinary woman who worked all day and didn't often go to town. She has been raising silkworms and selling silk for a living in poor rural areas. The whole poem is like telling a story: a woman went to town yesterday to sell silk, but she came back crying. Because she saw that people in silk clothes in the city were rich and powerful.

Working people like her, even if they have kept silkworms all their lives, are unable to put on "Luo Qi". This poem reveals the unreasonable reality that the ruler gets something for nothing, which is very convincing. There is no comment or profound association in the whole poem, but readers can easily feel the actual meaning of the poem and the poet's thoughts and feelings between the lines.

2, Zhumen wine stinks, and the road has frozen bones. -Du Fu's "Singing 500 Words from Beijing to Fengxian"

Appreciation means that the rich eat too much wine and meat, but the poor die of hunger and cold in the street. Describe the social phenomenon of disparity between the rich and the poor. This is a famous poem among Du Fu's five-character poems. In 755 AD, the news of the Anshi Rebellion had not yet reached Chang 'an, but the poet's experiences and feelings on his way from Chang 'an to Fengxian showed signs of social unrest.

3, ten fingers are not stained with mud, and scales live in the building. -"Pottery" by May Yao Chen

Appreciating pottery is a work that reflects social reality and people's life. In the first two sentences, compared with the Tao people's "there is pottery in front of the door" and "there is no tile on the house", the injustice of the world is in it. In the last two sentences, we can imagine the injustice of the world by comparing "ten fingers touch the mud" with "rows of residential buildings"

The first two sentences are comparative expressions, and the last two sentences are also comparative expressions. The contrast between the first two sentences and the last two sentences is even more distinct. It is this interlocking contrast that reveals the unfairness in the world and expresses sympathy for the weak, with a simple and plain style.