The skin of a lamb has five elements. Refuse to eat public food and pretend to be a snake.
Lambskin, plain silk. Pretend to be a snake and return the food.
Seam of lamb, five elements. Don't tell the whole story.
translate
The lamb put on the fur coat and the white silk thread formed a circle. It is natural to leave the government office for dinner.
The lamb's fur coat is put on, and the white silk thread forms a circle. Naturally, I staggered home for dinner.
The lamb's fur coat is put on, and the white silk thread forms a circle. It's natural to walk unsteadily and quit the government for dinner.
analyse
This is a poem describing the life in the doctor's office. The poem doesn't say that the hero is a doctor, but judging from their clothes and attitudes, they should be people with high status, "refusing to eat and serving the public", which shows that they are officialdom middleman, that is, doctors at that time.
The whole poem only depicts the scene where the doctor gets dressed and goes back to eat after work. The last two poems in each chapter are repeated in reverse order, which deepens the meaning. Judging from their gait when they go home for dinner after work, they always feel a little abrupt compared with the occasion of doing things. Perhaps this is also a satire on these people. Eating imperial grain, with a heart that has nothing to do with yourself, there is always the shadow of eating rice.
Looking at the life times at that time, people's living standards were still quite poor, and the phenomenon of starvation on the road was probably not uncommon, and people felt accustomed to it. However, in the poet's view, he felt heartbroken. Officials don't make decisions for the people, they only care about their own comfort. People are miserable, but they long for happiness. The poet has nowhere to vent his anger, and he has no ability to solve these problems. He could only write this poem indifferently, satirizing the doctor at that time and expressing his inner pain.
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