Compassion for Peasants is the work of Li Shen, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The following is the full text and translation of Benevolence for Agriculture:
Full text:
In spring, as long as you sow a seed, you can harvest a lot of food in autumn.
There is no waste of heaven and earth, and the toiling peasants are still starving to death.
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil.
Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?
Translation:
Sow a millet in spring and harvest 10 thousand seeds in autumn.
Wan Li has no leisure, and farmers starve to death.
When mowing the grass at noon, sweat drips on the ground under the grass.
Who knows that every grain in the rice bowl is earned by oneself?
Source:
Compassion for Peasants is the work of Li Shen, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, and was collected by Li Taibai.
Creative background:
The poem "Compassion for Farmers" describes the hard work and life difficulties of farmers in ancient China. By describing the hardships of farmers in spring ploughing and autumn harvest, the poem reveals the living conditions of farmers in ancient society and the unfairness of society.
Use environment:
This poem can be said to be a kind of care and comfort for farmers. By depicting their hard work and unfair treatment, we call on the society to pay attention to and improve their living conditions. This poem is widely circulated and is often regarded as an important work to educate and inspire people to care about farmers.
About the author:
Li Shen (772-846), also known as Li Taibai, was a writer, musician, thinker and official in the Tang Dynasty. He is good at poetry creation, especially at writing images and landscape poems. Most of his poems describe social reality and people's lives, which have a far-reaching impact on later generations. There are more than one hundred of his works, among which Thinking for Farmers is one of his most famous works.