Original works:
What do you see
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. ?
Vernacular translation:
The shepherd boy rode on the back of the cow,
Loud songs echoed in the forest.
Suddenly want to catch the cicada singing in the tree,
Stand by and watch the tree immediately stop singing and keep silent.
Jian is a five-character quatrain written by Yuan Mei, a scholar in Qing Dynasty. This poem depicts the innocent and happy picture of the shepherd boy in the forest and expresses the author's love for the pastoral scenery.
Yuan Mei (17 19 ~ 1798), born in Qiantang, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou), was born in Jianzhai in his later years. Poet in Qing Dynasty, one of the representative poets in Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, and Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan were also called "three great poets in Qianlong".
Yuan Mei's 33-year-old father died, resigned and adopted his mother. He bought the abandoned garden of Sui Dynasty in Jiangning (Nanjing), renamed Suiyuan, built a house and settled down, which was called Suiyuan in history. Since then, he has lived a leisurely life here for nearly 50 years, engaged in poetry and prose writing, compiled "Poetry Talk" to find talents, and won prizes and awards, which was admired by the poetry circles at that time.
His works include "Kokura Yamaya Works Collection"; And Garden Poems (16) and Addendum (10); 24 volumes of New Qi Xie, followed by Qi Xie 10; Suiyuan menu 1 volume; There are more than 30 kinds of essays, letters, and menus accompanying the garden. The masterpiece of prose "Salute to Sister" is sincere and has a long history. Classical Chinese critics compare it with Han Yu's Ode to Twelve Lang in Tang Dynasty. His "What I See" describes a carefree shepherd boy image to us. His poems are clear and easy to understand, which is the author's innovation.