Source: Tao Yuanming's Two Poems of Nostalgia in the Year of Guimao in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
original text
Teachers have a legacy and are not poor.
It's hard to see the future, but hard work is hard.
Grasp the current situation, solve problems and convince farmers.
Even when the plain is far away from the wind, good seedlings are pregnant with new ideas.
Although I didn't measure my length of service, I am happy about it.
Farming sometimes stops, and walkers are not interested.
The sun enters the phase and returns, and the pot pulp is close to the neighbor.
Long Yin Renjimen, talking about the Dragon Shepherd.
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Domain: field. Pingchou: A piece of flat land. Payment: through. Miao: refers to the wheat seedlings, which is the scene of "beginning of spring". Huai Xin: indicates that the wheat seedlings are full of camps. These two sentences mean that there is a far wind blowing in the open field, and the beautiful wheat seedlings are full of business.
Length of service: one year's agricultural harvest. Immediate things: refers to the immediate labor and scenery. These two sentences mean that although we have not predicted the annual harvest, we are happy enough at present.
Traveler: Pedestrian. Tianjin: Ferry. Monkey rest: use it for a long time to drown. "The Analects of Confucius" says: "Dragon colt, drowning and ploughing. Confucius passed it on and interested Lutz. " Chang Ju and Jie Drowning were ancient hermits. The author compares himself to drowning, which means that there is no Confucius who is interested in governing society to ask for directions during the slack season. The implication is that there are no people today who are "worried about the road and not worried about poverty".
Stage: companionship. L: comfortable. These two sentences mean going home with farmers at dusk and bringing a pot of wine pulp to comfort the neighbors.
Chat: And. Dragon Shepherd: People in the field. This sentence and the previous one are about singing poems about Chai Men, saying that being a farmer is like long-term stagnation and drowning!
This group of poems was written in the spring of 403, the second year of Yuan Xing in Jin 'an. In the winter of the fifth year of Longan (40 1), my mother returned from the funeral and resigned. In the first year of Yuanxing (402), Huan Xuan, who invaded Jingzhou, further captured the capital, called Qiu, and was in charge of state affairs. There is no hope of state affairs, which makes Tao Yuanming determined to devote himself to self-financing and put it into practice. These two poems were written by Tao Yuanming after his personal participation in spring ploughing.