Original poem:
Cowboys ride on the backs of oxen, and songs echo in the forest.
Suddenly want to catch the song of the tree, immediately stop singing and stand by the tree silently.
The shepherd boy rode on the back of the cow, and the loud song echoed in the forest. Suddenly, I wanted to catch the cicada in singing in the trees, so I stopped singing and stood quietly by the tree.
Source: What I See by Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty.
Poetry appreciation
By describing the natural environment and social life, this poem directly expresses the feelings of life, which seems carefree, but in fact it entrusts with feelings. At the same time, this poem is lively and free and easy, with simple language and natural and vivid image.
Throughout the poem, it depicts the peaceful, quiet and picturesque pastoral scenery, depicts the lively, free and naive image of a shepherd boy, and shows the poet's "true temperament". The poet once said, "A poet is childlike." Needless to say, what is described and depicted in the poem is the realm that the poet pursues all his life, and it is also the "true temperament" that he has repeatedly emphasized.