The meaning of this poem is: If you sow a seed in spring, you can harvest a lot of food in autumn. There is no field in the world that is not cultivated, but there are still farmers who starve to death. This poem concretely and vividly depicts scenes of fruitful harvests everywhere, highlighting the practical problem of farmers who work hard to obtain a bumper harvest but are left empty-handed and starve to death.
"Two Poems of Compassion for Farmers, Part 1"
Plant one grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand grains in autumn.
There is no idle land in the world, and farmers are still starving to death.
Notes on "Two Poems of Compassion for Farmers, Part 1"
⑴ Compassion: mercy. There is sympathy here. There are differences in the order of these two poems in different versions.
⑵Millet: generally refers to cereals.
⑶Autumn Harvest: One is "Autumn Harvest". Zi: refers to grain particles.
⑷Sihai: refers to the whole country. Idle fields: fields that are not cultivated.
⑸You: Still.
The creative background of "Two Poems of Compassion for the Farmers Part 1"
According to the records in "Yunxi Friendship" and "Old Tang Book·Lv Wei Biography" written by Fan Xin in the Tang Dynasty, it can be roughly inferred that This set of poems was written by Li Shen in the 15th year of Zhenyuan (799) of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty.
Appreciation of "Two Poems of Compassion for Farmers, Part 1"
At the beginning of this poem, "one grain of millet" turns into "ten thousand grains" to concretely and vividly describe the harvest. , using "planting" and "harvest" to praise the farmers' labor. The third sentence is extended to show that within the four seas, wasteland has turned into fertile farmland. This, combined with the first two sentences, forms a vivid scene of fruitful fruits and "gold" everywhere. "Introduction" is for a more powerful "fa". These three lines of poet use progressive writing techniques to show the great contribution and infinite creativity of the working people, which makes the following conclusion more dignified. , even more painful.
"Farmers are still starving to death", it not only makes the previous content coherent, but also highlights the problem. The hard-working farmers obtained a bumper harvest with their hands, but they themselves were left empty-handed and starved to death. The poem forces people to think with a heavy heart about the question "Who caused this human tragedy?" The poet puts all this behind the scenes and lets readers find and think about it. To combine the two sides, it is as Marx said: "Labor produces amazing works (miracles) for the rich, but labor produces abject poverty for the laborers. Labor produces palaces, but labor produces for the laborers Cave. Labor produces beauty, but it produces deformity for workers.”
“One grain of millet is planted in spring and ten thousand grains are harvested in autumn.” This scene of planting in spring and harvesting in autumn is probably common to everyone. However, it is often difficult to think about some issues in connection with society and class like a poet. The poet thought about it, and he saw the cruel reality that "farmers are still starving to death" from the scene of a great harvest with "no idle fields everywhere". This dial is extremely striking and eye-catching, and naturally leaves a deep impression on people.
Secondly, when the poet clarified the above content, he did not describe and discuss it in an empty and abstract manner, but used vivid images and profound contrasts to expose the problems and explain the truth, which made it easy for people to accept and understand. The first three sentences of this poem, in general terms, use vivid images to summarize the hard work of farmers in the vast fields such as spring planting and autumn harvesting. All this hard work has resulted in a large amount of food. It should be said that we can live on, but the last sentence suddenly changed and came to the fact that "the farmers are still starving to death." In this way, the situation before and after forms a sharp contrast, causing readers to think about problems and draw conclusions from the comparison, which is much more profound and powerful than the author directly telling readers his point of view.
"Two Poems of Compassion for the Farmers, Part One" expresses the author's thoughts and feelings
"Two Poems of Compassion for the Farmers, Part One" expresses the poet's sympathy for the working people. The full text depicts the scene of a bumper harvest and fruitful fruits, showing the hard work of the working people. However, behind the hard work, the farmers are empty-handed and starve to death. This shows the reality of the exploitation of the working people and the poet's deep sympathy for the working people. .
A brief introduction to the author of "Two Poems of Compassion for Peasants Part One"
Li Shen (772-846), courtesy name Gongchui, was born in Wuxi, Runzhou (now Wuxi, Jiangsu). In the first year of Yuanhe (806), Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was a Jinshi. He was imprisoned for offending the powerful. During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was the prime minister and later served as the military governor of Huainan. He had close contacts with Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi and others. Before Yuan and Bai advocated "New Yuefu", he was the first to create twenty Yuefu poems, which are now lost. He was one of the advocates of the New Yuefu movement. "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" contains three volumes of "Poems on Travels to the Past" and one volume of "Miscellaneous Poems".