"Silkworm Woman" is a five-character quatrain composed by Zhang Yu, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Full text:
I entered the city yesterday and came back with tears in my eyes.
zuó rì rù chénɡ shì, ɡuī lái lèi mǎn jīn.
Those who are covered with silkworms are not silkworm farmers.
biàn shēn luó qǐ zhě, bú shì yǎnɡ cán rén.
Translation:
I went to the city yesterday to sell silk. When I came back, my sweat towel was wet with tears.
Those who wear silk and satin are not silkworm farmers.
Extended information:
In the early Song Dynasty, the social situation was much more stable than the chaotic situation of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties for more than a hundred years. The majority of people worked hard and worked hard to produce. , enabling the economy to recover and develop rapidly.
However, in order to consolidate its rule, the ruling class exploited a lot and used the material wealth it gained to pamper the kings and ministers of the previous dynasty and the huge bureaucratic landlord group.
Zhang Yu failed many times and understood the sufferings of the people. This poem was written by the poet to expose this phenomenon of exploitation and oppression after witnessing the hard work of workers.
This poem is based on what a peasant woman who raises silkworms sees and feels when she goes to the city to sell silk. It reveals the shocking social reality of "the exploiters get something for nothing, and the workers have no food or clothing." It expresses the poet's sympathy for the working people and his dissatisfaction with the oppression and exploitation of the ruling class.
The whole poem is cleverly conceived, concise and concise, profound and thought-provoking; the language is as clear as words, bright and fluent.