Kun Li, a poet weeding in the afternoon.
In the seventh year of Dali (772), his father Wu immediately served as the county magistrate of Wucheng County, and Shen Li was born in Wucheng County, Huzhou (now Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province).
It's the great-grandson of the secretariat Li. Father Wu Li worked as a county magistrate in Jintan, Wucheng and Jinling (now Changzhou). Li Shen lost his father when he was very young, and his mother taught him to be upright. When I was young, I witnessed farmers working all day, with no food and clothing. With grief and indignation, I wrote two poems "Compassion for Farmers", including the famous sentences "Everywhere is idle, farmers still starve to death" and "Who knows that every meal is hard", and I am known as a poet who sympathizes with farmers. In the twentieth year of Zhenyuan (804), Li Shen went to Beijing to take the exam again, but failed to do so and lived in seclusion. He once wrote Yingying Song for Yuan Zhen's Biography of Yingying, which brought out the best in each other and spread to future generations.
In the first year of Yuanhe (806), he was a Jinshi and served as a teaching assistant in imperial academy. After that, he left Beijing for Jinling, where he served as our ambassador to the Kun Li shogunate. Because of dissatisfaction with Kun Li's rebellion, he was imprisoned. Kun Li was released after being killed and returned to Wuxi Huishan Temple to study.
In the fourth year of Yuanhe (809), he went to Chang 'an as a school book lang, and together with Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi, he advocated the new Yuefu poetry style (known as the new Yuefu movement in history) and wrote 20 new Yuefu poems.
In the fourteenth year of Yuanhe (8 19), it was promoted to the right phase. In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (820), he served as a bachelor of Hanlin and was involved in the dispute of cronies. He is an important figure in Li's party, and once held important positions such as Yu Shicheng and assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance. Together with Li Deyu and Yuan Zhen, they are called the three handsome men.
In the fourth year of Changqing (824), the Li Party lost power and was demoted as Sima of Duanzhou (now Zhaoqing, Guangdong). During his exile, Li Shen wrote many poems to describe the arduous journey and vent his dissatisfaction.
From the year of Bao Liyuan (825) to the fourth year of Taihe (830), Shen Lixian later served as the secretariat of Jiangzhou, Chuzhou and Shouzhou, and the situation improved.
In the seventh year of Taihe (833), Li Deyu was the prime minister and Shen Li was the secretariat of eastern Zhejiang.
In the first year of Kaicheng (836), he served as Henan Yin (the chief executive in charge of Luoyang, the capital of East China), and was appointed as Bianzhou secretariat, Xuanwu Army, our time and observation envoy.
In August of the third year (838), I compiled three volumes of Poems of Remembrance and made a preface. The preface of the poem describes the experience from adolescence to entering the frontier.
In 840, he served as Huainan our time for five years. Later, he went to Beijing to pay homage to the Prime Minister. He served as assistant minister in Zhongshu, and was promoted to assistant minister in Shangshu, and was named Zhao Guogong. Four years together. In the fourth year of Huichang (844), he resigned due to a stroke. Later, he served as our special envoy in Huainan.
In the sixth year of Huichang (846), he died in Yangzhou at the age of 74. Give it to Qiu, Shi Wensu.
Stories and legends of farmers' poems
In the Tang Dynasty, a great poet named Li Shen appeared in Huzhou. Li Shen has been studious since he was a child.
At the age of 27, he became a scholar. Seeing that he was knowledgeable and outstanding, the emperor recruited a bachelor's degree from Hanlin. One summer, Li Shen returned to his hometown of Bozhou to visit relatives and friends. It happened that Li Huichao, the envoy of East Zhejiang, was passing through Bozhou on business. They are kindred spirits and friends of literati, so it is natural to meet again after a long separation. On this day, Li and I boarded the observation deck in the east of the city hand in hand. Looking into the distance, the two are full of ups and downs. Li sang a poem with emotion, and the last two sentences were: "How can you walk a long way in and out of the yamen? It's like moving to the stage for several years. " It means, if only the promotion could be as fast as the stage. Li Shen was moved by another sight at this time. He saw the farmer in the field, hoeing in the hot sun, and couldn't help feeling, casually chanting:
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil.
Who knows every grain of Chinese food is hard!
Hearing this, Li Lian said, "Good, good! This song is so beautiful! It' s hard to have a porridge and a meal! "
Shen Li heaved a long sigh, and then intoned:
In spring, as long as you sow a seed, you can harvest a lot of food in autumn.
There are no idle fields in the four seas, and farmers starve to death!
Hearing this, Li stopped exposing the shortcomings of the imperial court. This kid has a lot of nerve. Back in the study, Li said to him, "Brother, can you copy down the two poems you just recited for me? It's not a waste for us to travel together. " Li Shen said thoughtfully, "This poem has only three or four crosses. I've heard it for my brother, so I remember it. Why copy it? " If you must put pen to paper, you might as well write another gift from the Prime Minister. "I had to say to Li," All right, all right. " So, Li Shen began to write another song:
Plowing on the ridge makes you hungry.
The woman who weaves shuttles under the window is powerless.
I want to be a beautiful woman.
Laughing it off is worthless, and the country is naturally fat.
Write it down and give it to Li for revision. After reading it, Li felt that this poem was more specific than the first two words accusing the court. The next day, Li said goodbye and left Beijing. Li seems to be very nice, but deep down, he wants to use him as a stepping stone to by going up one flight of stairs. When he returned to the imperial court, he immediately called on the emperor and said, "Long live the sovereign. Today, Li Shen, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, wrote anti-poetry to vent his personal anger. " Emperor Wu Zong was frightened and asked, "How can you tell?" Li hurriedly presented his poem. Emperor Wu called Li Shen to the Golden Palace and took out this poem. Li Shen read it and said, "I wrote this book when I saw the sufferings of people's livelihood after I returned to China. I hope your majesty can abide by it! " Wu Zong said: "I have lived in Gaotang for a long time and forgot the people's feelings. I am guilty, too. I am sorry to remind you. " Today, I will make you a suitable servant of your senior minister, so that you can manage the affairs of the Shang Dynasty, the country and the people. Li Shen kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Emperor!" ! "Mr. Wu added," Thanks to Li's recommendation. " I am very grateful to Li. On the other hand, Li heard that he was promoted to an official position, but he was surprised and scared. He was scared, but he came to thank him. Li was kept in the dark and had to hum. Soon, Li was transferred to Yunnan as an observer and resigned from his post. Only then did I feel that I was stealing chickens and eating rice. For thousands of years, people have only read the first two of Shen Li's three poems that sympathize with farmers. The third poem "Poetry for Peasants" spread to the court, and it was not until modern times that people found it in the Tang poems of Dunhuang Grottoes.