Four Seasons of Pastoral Excitement (Part 4)
Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty
Quietly watch the eaves spiders build low webs, hindering the flight of small insects for no reason.
The dragonfly was hanging upside down and the bee was embarrassed, so he called the mountain boy to help him.
Vernacular translation: Quietly watching the spiders on the eaves build webs to block the free-flying insects. The dragonfly hangs next to the bee's nest, as if calling the mountain boy to rescue him.
Extended information
There are 60 pastoral miscellaneous songs in four seasons, divided into five parts: spring, late spring, summer, autumn and winter, with 2 songs in each part.
The poem describes the scenery of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the countryside and the lives of farmers. It also reflects the exploitation suffered by farmers and the hardship of life.
Four Seasons Pastoral Excitement·Part 2
Song Dynasty Fan Chengda
The plums are golden and the apricots are fat, and the wheat flowers, snow and cabbage flowers are sparse.
No one passes by the fence as the day progresses, only dragonflies and butterflies fly.
Translation
The plum trees turned golden and the apricots grew bigger and bigger; the buckwheat flowers were all white, while the rapeseed flowers looked sparse.
As the day gets longer, the shadow of the fence becomes shorter and shorter as the sun rises. No one passes by; only dragonflies and butterflies fly around the fence.