Silkworm Woman
Author Zhang Yu? Dynasty and Song Dynasty
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I went to the city yesterday and came back with tears in my eyes.
Those who are covered with silkworms are not those who raise silkworms.
Tag: Emotional characters, sympathy, sentimental poems, three hundred women
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A woman who lives in the countryside and makes a living by raising silkworms came to the city yesterday Go to the market and sell silk. When she came back, she was in tears, and her handkerchief was even soaked with sad tears.
Because when she saw people in the city wearing beautiful silk clothes, they were not hard-working silkworm farmers like her at all!
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The first two sentences describe the sadness of the silkworm woman. The woman went to the city yesterday to sell silk, but when she came back she was crying. "Tears full of scarves" can show the depth of the silkworm woman's emotional stimulation. The poet uses simple language to silently reveal the extreme injustice of society. Through the narration of the experience and feelings of a silkworm woman, it expresses deep sympathy for the situation of the lower class working people. There is not a word of discussion in the poem, but it silently accuses the image of working women who make a living by raising silkworms and live in remote villages. When Silkworm Woman came to the city for the first time, she discovered the source of her lifelong poverty. No wonder she felt sad and cried bitterly. The silkworm woman's demeanor, knowledge, and feelings are all written vividly and with flesh and blood. With such a detail of life, she deeply exposes the extreme irrationality of the feudal social system. The conception is profound and the conception is clever, showing the poet's keen insight into life. and high generalization ability. Ancient Poetry Network >>
Zhang Yu does not have many poetry works, but this song "Silkworm Woman" made him occupy a place on the big stage of Chinese classical poetry. "Silkworm Woman" was written in the Northern Song Dynasty and is full of satire and criticism of the society at that time. The feudal court at that time was wasteful and compromised with foreign enemies, which increased the burden on the people and made people's lives miserable. Against this background, the poet describes the experience of an ordinary woman who works hard all day, does not often go to the city, and makes a living by raising silkworms and selling silk in the poor countryside. The whole poem seems to be telling a story: The woman went to the city yesterday to sell silk, but she cried bitterly when she came back. Because she saw that the people wearing silk clothes in the city were all powerful and wealthy people.
Working people like her, even if they raise silkworms for a lifetime, will not be able to put on "Luoqi"... This poem reveals...? Poetry and Famous Quotes Network>>