Original text:
? On the field
? Cui Daorong of the Tang Dynasty
The rain is so high that the field is white, and the grass is plowing in the middle of the night.
The strength of men and cattle is exhausted, but the east is still unclear.
Notes:
① Takata: Dry fields on the mountains. Rain is enough: The rain is very heavy and sufficient. Bai: vast white.
②褑 (suō): covered with straw clothes. Coir raincoat: coir raincoat.
③Ju: Du.
④Shu: You, Huan, simply; Weiming: It’s not bright yet.
Translation:
The spring rain has fallen so much that even the fields at high altitudes are filled with white water. In order to grab seeds, farmers wear raincoats and brave When it rains, I come to the fields to work in the middle of the night. By the time the man and the ox had exhausted all their strength, it was still far from dawn.
"Tian Shang" is a work by Cui Daorong, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes farmers plowing their fields in the rain before dawn. The contrast between "all efforts" and "unclear" reflects the crudeness of primitive working tools in the agricultural economy and society, as well as the tireless and hard working life of farmers who go out early and come back late. . The language of the whole poem is fresh and lively, and the images are vivid.