It is difficult to be an honest official (five poems)
Author: Ye Qianhua
Part 1
Being an honest official is easy but difficult, abandoning personal interests and encountering corrupt officials blame. How can we treat guests when we are short of money? Lose your conscience and feel uneasy!
Two
I also envy wealth and honor and want to have face, and have distracting thoughts that cause trouble. What's the point of not being willing to reach out? I’m afraid I’ll go crazy if I imitate him!
Three
It is extremely difficult to be an upright official, and relatives and friends want to abuse their power. If you don't care about your own interests, you won't be the only one to have opinions about you.
Four
Integrity and selflessness are also annoying, and they will not trade and show off their power. Those who are bullied and punished deserve to be laughed at, and those who are miserable are called pitiful.
Five
It is difficult to be an upright official and a good person by adhering to the belief and having strong ambition. Ghosts, monsters, monsters, ghosts, money, gods, gods, money.
——"Reading Yuelou Poems"