1. Qingpingle·Village
Song Dynasty: Xin Qiji
The eaves are low and the grass is green on the stream.
Wu Yin is so charming when he is drunk. Whose old lady is gray-haired?
The eldest son is hoeing beans to the east of the stream, while the middle son is weaving a chicken coop.
What I like most is that my children have died, lying down at the head of the stream and peeling off lotus pods.
Translation:
The eaves of the thatched cottage are low and small, and the stream is covered with green grass.
The drunken Wudi dialect sounds gentle and beautiful. Whose family does that old man with white hair belong to?
The eldest son is weeding in the bean field east of the stream, and the second son is busy weaving chicken coops.
The most beloved one is the youngest son, who is lying in the grass at the head of the stream, peeling off the newly picked lotus pods.
2. Two Poems of Compassion for Farmers
Tang Dynasty: Li Shen
Sow 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.
It is noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping from the soil.
Who knew that every meal on the plate is hard work?
Translation:
As long as you sow a seed in spring, you can harvest a lot of food in autumn.
There is no uncultivated field in the world, and hardworking farmers will still starve to death.
At noon in midsummer, the sun is scorching, and farmers are still working, sweat dripping into the soil.
Who would have thought that every grain of rice in our bowls is filled with the blood and sweat of farmers?
3. Mountain Excursion·Cuckoo Feifei advises early plowing
Qing Dynasty: Yao Nai
Cuckoo Feifei advises early plowing, and the hoe is plowed to take advantage of the spring. .
Thousand-layered stone trees are walking along the road, and the sound of water flowing from the mountains and fields is heard.
Translation:
The cuckoos were flying around to persuade people to farm early, and the egrets were flapping their wings in the sky while the weather was fine.
Walking on the road between layers of stone trees, you can hear the sound of water flowing from the countryside in the mountains.
4. Cutting Pu Pu at the East Gate of Lu
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
It was cold in the State of Lu early, and it was first frost to cut Pu Pu.
Swinging the sickle is like turning the moon, brushing the water and making continuous beads.
This grass is the most precious, so why bother with the dragon’s beard?
Weave it into a jade bed mat to enjoy the clear night.
Luo Yi can be brushed again, not afraid of dust.
Translation:
Autumn comes early in Lu State, and the harvesting of cattails begins at the first frost.
Swinging the sickle is like turning a crescent moon, passing over the water and creating strings of beads.
The cattail grass is the most precious, why should we value the asparagus grass?
Weave a straw mat and lay it on a jade bed. It’s so fun to lie on it in the quiet night.
Luo Yi can be swept again without worrying about getting dusty.
5. Tianjia Ci/Tianjia Xing
Tang Dynasty: Yuan Zhen
The cows are fierce, the fields are sure, and the dry patches knock the hooves of the cows.
I have sown the pearls of grain in the official warehouse, and for sixty years there have been many soldiers, and the sun and the moon have brought food and grain to the wheels.
One day the officers and soldiers collected their sea uniforms and drove cattle to eat beef. When they returned, you got two horns of the cattle.
The hoe and the plow were recast to make a pound, and the aunt and the pounding woman took the wheel of the official. If the official was not enough, they sold the house.
I hope that the officials will win and their enemies will be defeated soon, and the peasants will have their children and calves if they die, and if the officials are not dispatched, the army will have insufficient food.
Translation:
It has not rained for a long time and the land is hard. The oxen pulled the heavy rake and crawled step by step, panting heavily. The cow's hooves hit the hard soil, making a "baobao" sound. The farmer who drove the cattle thought that the cattle were moving too slowly, so he kept waving his whip, making "Zha Zha" sounds, driving and shouting.
However, the farmers worked hard all year round and the pearl-like fruits they exchanged with their blood and sweat went into the official warehouses, leaving them with nothing. Because for the past sixty years, wars have been going on, and every year, every month, every day, the food that the officers and soldiers eat is provided by farmers, and is constantly transported to the front line in carts driven by farmers.
Since the beginning of the war between the government and the army to conquer the feudal towns, the imperial court has requisitioned the farmers, including their cattle, carts and farm tools. After farmers drove cattle thousands of miles to transport grain to the front line, even the cattle were slaughtered and eaten by the officers and soldiers, and the farmers returned with only two horns. But the war is still going on endlessly, and new military defeats are waiting for them.
Farmers had no choice but to recast their plows and hoes, redo their jins, and start over a year of hard work. After harvesting, they transported it to the official warehouse. The gains from their hard work throughout the year were not enough, and even their houses were forced to return. Sell ??and buy grain and pay taxes. I hope the official army will win as soon as possible to repay the hatred of the feudal town's rebellion. It doesn't matter to us. If we are exhausted, there will be another generation. If the cows are killed, there will still be calves. The official army will not be short of food.