Zhang Cong in Ming Dynasty
Sitting by the pool alone is like a tiger.
Poplar cultivates spirit.
If I don't speak first in spring,
That bug dare not say a word!
Yongwa
Mao Zedong
Sitting alone by the pool like a tiger, watching the wake under the shade tree.
If I don't speak first in spring, which bug will dare to keep silent?
Zhang Cong's frog-chanting poem, which is popular among Zhejiang people, is a story written by a teacher in the Ming Dynasty when he was young. Zhang Ge's old legend has a history of hundreds of years. He Lianhua's A New Exploration of Mao Zedong's Poems points out that the original author of Poems about Frogs was Zhang Cong in Ming Dynasty.