Song dynasty: Zhang Yu
I went to town yesterday and came back with tears in my eyes.
All over Luo Qi are not silkworm farmers.
Yesterday I went to town to sell silk, and when I came back, tears soaked my towel.
Why are you so sad? I saw rich people dressed in silk and satin, but none of them were sericulturists.
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Creative background:
This poem, written in the Northern Song Dynasty, is full of satire and criticism of the society at that time. At this time, the poet described the experience of an ordinary woman who worked hard all day and didn't often go to town. She has been raising silkworms and selling silk for a living in poor rural areas.
This poem reflects the misery of working people's lives, expresses the poet's sympathy for sericulture farmers, resentment against the exploiting classes who get nothing for nothing, and accusations and lashes against the whole feudal society.
The author introduces:
Zhang Yu (Zhang Yu in Song Dynasty), born and died in an unknown year, was a writer in Northern Song Dynasty. The word "little fool" and "uncle Cai" is Mr. Baiyun, a native of Pixian County, Yizhou, whose ancestral home is Hedong (now Shanxi). Repeatedly quoted, because of the recommendation of the secretary, the provincial school book lang, willing to live in seclusion at home. Wen Yanbo ruled Shu and built Qingcheng Mountain and Baiyun Stream. The author of Baiyun Ji has been lost.