At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil. Who would have thought that our bowl of rice and grain are full of the blood and sweat of farmers?
Translation and annotation translation of two ancient styles/two peasant poems; As long as a seed is sown in spring, a lot of food can be harvested in autumn. All over the world, no piece of land is idle and uncultivated, and hard-working farmers will still starve to death.
At noon in midsummer, when the sun was shining, farmers were still working and sweat dripped into the soil. Who would have thought that the rice in our bowl was full of the blood and sweat of farmers?
Note 1: Unfortunately. There is sympathy here. A poem is two ancient poems. The sequential versions of these two poems are different. 2 Xiaomi: generally refers to cereals. Autumn Harvest: A work called Qiu Cheng. Son: refers to grain particles. Four seas: refers to the whole country. Idle field: a field that has not been cultivated. Jude 5: Still so. 6. Crops: The general term for cereal plants. 7 meals: a "meal". A generic term for cooked food.
At the beginning of the first poem, Appreciation of Two Ancient Poems/Two Poems for Farmers, the harvest was described concretely and vividly by changing "one millet" into "10,000 seeds", and farmers' labor was praised by "planting" and "harvesting". The third sentence, by extension, shows that the wasteland has become fertile land within the four seas, and together with the first two sentences, it constitutes a vivid scene of fruitful and "gold" everywhere. "Enlightenment" is for stronger "development". These three poems show the great contribution and infinite creativity of the working people with progressive brushwork, making the following knot more dignified and more painful. "Farmers still starve to death" not only makes the content coherent, but also highlights the problem. Hard-working farmers got a bumper harvest with their hands, but they were still empty-handed and starved to death. Poetry forces people to think with a heavy heart about who created this human tragedy. The poet puts all this behind the scenes for readers to discover and think. Combining these two aspects, as Marx said: "Labor has produced amazing works (miracles) for the rich, but labor has produced extreme poverty for the workers. Labor built palaces, but caves for laborers. Labor produces beauty, but it produces deformity to workers. 」
The second poem, from the beginning, describes that at noon in the hot sun, farmers are still working in the fields, dripping sweat on the scorching land. This adds up to that, from "a millet" to "ten thousand kinds" and then to "four seas have no idle fields", it was watered by thousands of farmers in Qian Qian, Qian Qian with blood and sweat; This also captures the most typical image of the following sentence "every grain is hard", which can be described as one tenth. Generally, it shows the hard life of farmers who don't avoid cold, summer, rain, snow, wind and frost all year round. "Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard" is not empty preaching, nor is it disease-free; It is similar to a profound motto, but it not only wins by its persuasiveness, but also reflects the poet's infinite resentment and sincere sympathy in this deep sigh.
Compared with those famous poems, these two short poems are not excellent in the flowery Tang poetry world, but they are widely spread, well known to women and children, and it is not unreasonable to be recited and tasted by people.
First of all, the contents of these two poems are the most familiar things that people often come into contact with. However, you don't really know what you are most familiar with. There are many things in life that you turn a blind eye to. If someone tries to enlighten you, explain the essence, or point out some truth involved, you will feel very eye-catching and clear, thus deepening your understanding. This is the reason why these two little poems have vitality.
"Planting a millet in spring and harvesting 10,000 seeds in autumn" is probably familiar to everyone. But it is often difficult for poets to get in touch with society and class and think about some problems. However, the poet saw the cruel reality that "farmers are still starving to death" from the harvest scene of Tianxia. This dial was surprisingly eye-catching and naturally left a deep impression on people. Another example is "Chinese food on the plate", which people used to touch every day and eat every meal. However, no one thought of linking this grain with the sweat of farmers under the scorching sun. The poet observed it keenly and condensed it into a poem "Every grain is hard". This enlightens people, makes them think about the truth, and makes those who do not know how to cherish food deeply educated.
Secondly, when the poet expounds the above contents, he does not talk and discuss in an empty way, but exposes the problems and explains the reasons with vivid images and profound contrast, which makes people easy to accept and understand. Like the first three sentences of the first song, in general, they all use vivid images to summarize the hard work of farmers in the vast fields, such as spring planting and autumn harvest. All this hard work has brought us a lot of food, so that we can live, but the last sentence has become "farmers are still starving to death." In this way, the situation before and after is in sharp contrast, which causes readers to think about problems and draw conclusions from the comparison, which is much more profound and powerful than the author telling readers his own views directly. Another example is the second song. The first two sentences of the author didn't say how hard it is for farmers to farm and how difficult it is for crops to grow. He just made an image of the plot of farmers sweating in the hot sun, which made people make this hard and hard taste more concrete, profound and real. Therefore, the poet finally said in a rhetorical tone that "every grain is hard", which is very convincing. In particular, comparing the grain to a drop of sweat is really subtle and vivid.
Finally, the language of the poems is simple, the syllables are harmonious and lively, catchy and easy to recite, which is also the reason why these two short poems have been circulated among the people for a long time.
According to Fan Gang's Yunxi Friendship in the Tang Dynasty and Lu Shu's Weichuan in the old Tang Dynasty, it can be roughly inferred that this group of poems was written by Shen Li in the 15th year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (799).
Poetry: Two Ancient Poems/Two Peasants' Poems Author: Li Shen's Tang Poetry: Worrying about the country and the people, farmers, writing poems.