Original poem:
Guo feng Wei feng Shuo Shu
Pre-Qin Dynasty: Anonymous
Vole, vole, don't eat my millet! I have served you hard for years, but you don't care about me. Vowed to get rid of you and go to a happy land. That promised land, that promised land, is my good place!
Vole, vole, don't eat my wheat! I have served you hard for many years, but you are not kind to me. Swear to get rid of you and enjoy the state. That country, that country of music, is my good place!
Rat, vole, don't eat my seedlings! After years of hard work, you don't want me! I vowed to get rid of you and go to the suburbs to laugh. That happy suburb, that happy suburb, who is still lamenting the long cry! (female tongru)
Explanation:
Vole, vole, don't eat my millet! After all these years of hard work, you don't take care of me. I swear to get rid of you and go to the promised land to have happiness. That promised land, that promised land, is my good place!
Vole, vole, don't eat my wheat! After all these years of hard work, you don't give me preferential treatment. I swear to get rid of you and go to that happy country to find love. That music country, that music country, is my good place!
Vole, vole, don't eat my seedlings! I have worked hard to serve you for many years, but you have not comforted me! Swear to get rid of you and have fun there. That music suburb, that music suburb, who will lament that long call sign!
Extended data
Creative background:
This is a poem that has been recognized in ancient and modern times to accuse the exploiters, but there are slight differences in the specific object of the accusation. Since mankind entered the class society, the anti-exploitation struggle of the exploited class has never stopped. In slave society, escape is the main form of slave resistance.
During the Spring and Autumn Period from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, with the decline of slavery, slaves developed from fleeing to mass struggle. For example, there is a "thief of Zheng" in Zuo Zhuan, and there is the resistance of the builder Chen. The poem Feng Wei Shuo Shu came into being under this historical background.
Appreciate:
Shuo consists of three chapters with the same meaning. The three chapters all begin with "Shuo Shuo Shuo", calling the exploiting class of slave owners greedy rats and fat rats, and warning in an imperative tone: "I want to eat millet (wheat, seedlings) without food!" The image of mice is ugly and cunning, and they like to steal food. Compared with greedy exploiters, it is very appropriate to borrow it, which also shows the poet's aversion to it.
Three or four sentences further exposed the greed and ingratitude of the exploiters: "At the age of three, I am willing to take care of my daughter (Delao)." Comparison between you and me in the poem: I raised you for many years, but you refused to take care of me, did not give me favors, or even comforted me, revealing the opposition between you and me.
The "you" and "I" mentioned here are not a single person, but should be extended to "you" and "we", representing a group or a class, and raising the big question of who feeds whom.
The last four sentences shouted out their hearts with thunderous force: "Go to a woman when you die and be happy in another place;" Promised land, win my place! "When the poet realized the opposition between you and me, he publicly declared that' I will lose my daughter when I die' and decided to take resistance and stop supporting you. The word "death" shows the poet's decisive attitude and firm determination.
Although the paradise they are looking for to live and work in peace and contentment and not be exploited is just an illusion, it does not exist in the real society, but it represents their beautiful life vision, represents their social ideal arising from their long-term life and struggle, and marks their new awakening. It is this beautiful ideal of life that inspires and inspires the working people of later generations to constantly struggle to get rid of oppression and exploitation.