Peel: means "洴", which means to beat.
From "The Book of Songs in July": In June, Yu and Azuris are eaten, and in July, Kui and Shu are eaten. Peel dates in August and harvest rice in October. For this reason, spring wine is used to promote eyebrows and longevity. In the seventh month, I eat melons, in the eighth month, I cut off the pots, in the ninth month, I gather tea and firewood. Eat my farmer.
Translation:
Eat plums and azaleas (a kind of wild grape) in June, steamed mallow (vegetable name) and bean leaves in July. Dates are beaten in August and rice is harvested in October. This is used to make wine brewed in winter and matured in spring to pray for longevity. Eat melons in July, cut gourds in August, and gather hemp seeds in September. We gather bitter herbs and burn ailanthus as firewood to feed us farmers.
"July" is the longest poem in "The Book of Songs: National Style".
This poem describes the work and hardships of farmers with an epic momentum, and uses time as a clue to show all aspects of family life. Among ancient poems, there is probably no one as good as "July".
Ancient Chinese poetry has always been dominated by lyric poetry, with fewer narrative poems. This poem is mainly about narrative. In the narrative, the scene is described lyrically, with vivid images and rich poetic flavor. Through the eloquent narration of the characters in the poem, it truly shows the labor scenes, life scenes and the faces of various characters at that time, as well as the relationship between farmers and the public, forming a custom painting of men farming and women weaving in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. .