Said by: Compassion for Peasants is the work of Li Shen, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Original text:
Minnong
Tang Dynasty: Li Shen
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil.
Who would have thought that our bowl of rice and grain are full of the blood and sweat of farmers?
Translation:
At noon in midsummer, when the sun was shining, farmers were still working and sweat dripped into the soil.
Who would have thought that the rice in our bowl was full of the blood and sweat of farmers?
Extended data:
Creative background:
According to Fan Gang's Yunxi Friendship in the Tang Dynasty and Lu Shu's Biography of Wei in the old Tang Dynasty, it can be roughly inferred that this group of poems was written by Shen Li in the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (799).
Appreciate:
This poem, from the beginning, depicts the scorching sun at noon, and farmers are still working in the fields, dripping sweat on the scorching land.
Although the author didn't say how hard it is for farmers to farm and how hard it is for crops to grow. It's just a vivid rendering of the plot of farmers sweating in the hot sun.
It makes people taste this kind of hardship more concretely, profoundly and truly. This makes up for the fact that from "one grain of millet" to "10,000 seeds" and "four seas have no idle fields", thousands of farmers in Qian Qian, Qian Qian have watered them with blood and sweat.
Therefore, the poet finally said in a rhetorical tone that "everyone knows that every meal is hard" is very convincing. In particular, comparing the grain to a drop of sweat is really subtle and vivid.
Not an empty sermon, not a moaning without illness; It is similar to a profound motto, but it not only wins by its persuasiveness, but also reflects the poet's infinite resentment and sincere sympathy in this deep sigh.
The author introduces:
(772-846), Han nationality, from Qiaocheng District, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, from Wucheng County (Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province), is the great-grandson of Secretary Li. When I was young, I studied at Huishan Temple in Wuxi, Runzhou (now Jiangsu).
At the age of 27, he was admitted to middle school and became a teaching assistant. He became close friends with Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi. The most brilliant part of his life is poetry. He is a participant in the new Yuefu movement, which has great influence in the history of literature. He wrote 20 new poems about Yuefu, which have been lost.
There are two poems entitled "Compassion for Farmers": "At noon on the day of weeding, sweat drips down the soil. Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard. " It is well known to all women and children, and it has been told through the ages. The Complete Tang Poetry contains four volumes of Tang poetry.