At the foot of the southern mountain where beans are planted, there are few bean seedlings in the grass.
In the morning, I clean up the wasteland and filth, and return with a hoe in the moonlight.
The road is narrow, the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew touches my clothes.
It’s not enough to regret the stain on your clothes, but your wishes are true.
Translation:
Beans were planted in the fields under the Nanshan Mountains, but the result was lush grass and sparse bean seedlings.
I get up early in the morning and go to the fields to eradicate weeds. At dusk, I carry the hoe back under the moonlight.
The narrow path is overgrown with vegetation, and in the evening dew wets my clothes.
It’s not a pity that my clothes are wet. I just hope I don’t violate my intention to go into seclusion.
Note:
Nanshan: refers to Mount Lu.
Rare: Rare.
Xing: Get up, get up.
Desolation: refers to weeds and the like. Adjectives serve as nouns.
Dirty: Dirty. This refers to weeds in the fields.
Belt: one means "wear", to wear.
He (hè) hoe: Carrying a hoe. Hey, carry it.
Narrow: Narrow.
Grown vegetation: lush vegetation.
Dew in the evening: dew in the evening.
Dip: wet.
Sufficient: Worth it.
"But make" sentence: As long as it doesn't go against your own wishes. But, only. Violate, violate.
Creative background:
Tao Yuanming began to serve as an official at the age of twenty-nine. He served as an official for thirteen years. He always hated officialdom and longed for the countryside. When he was forty-one years old in the first year of Emperor Yixi of Jin'an (405), he served as an official for the last time. He served as the magistrate of Pengze County for more than eighty days and then resigned and returned home. He never became an official again.
According to "Song Book·Biography of Tao Qian" and Xiao Tong's "Biography of Tao Yuanming", Tao Yuanming returned to seclusion out of dissatisfaction with the decadent reality. At that time, a postal supervisor from the county came to Pengze for inspection, and the officials asked him to greet him with a belt as a sign of respect. He said angrily: "I don't want to bow down to a village boy for five measures of rice!" Tao Yuanming loves freedom by nature, but the officialdom at that time was extremely corrupt, flattering superiors and arrogant people, doing random things, and losing all his integrity. An upright scholar had no place in the political society at that time, let alone realizing his ideals and ambitions. After thirteen years of twists and turns, Tao Yuanming finally fully understood this point. The fundamental opposition between Tao Yuanming's character and political society destined him to make his final decision - to retire into seclusion. From then on, he ended his life of being invisible and involuntarily, and ended his life in the countryside. After returning, he wrote a set of poems "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields".
Appreciation:
Tao Yuanming bravely opposed traditional concepts, broke through the old spiritual shackles, resolutely bid farewell to officialdom, resigned as magistrate of Pengze County, and did not work hard to govern people. A "gentleman"; he returned home resolutely, willingly picked up the hoe, and worked hard to cultivate the acres, but wanted to be a "little man" who worked hard. This fearless spirit, beautiful personality, and noble state have won the praise, admiration and even imitation of many people in later generations.
About the author:
Tao Yuanming (365-427), a poet, poet and prose writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. A Qian, with the courtesy name Yuan Liang, and his private nickname Jingjie. A native of Chaisang, Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province). Both "Book of Jin" and "Book of Song" claim that he is the great-grandson of Tao Kan. He once served as Jiangzhou Jijiu, Zhenjun, Peng Zeling, etc., but later resigned and returned to seclusion, abandoning his official career. Good at poetry and prose. Most of the poems describe pastoral scenery and scenes of life in rural areas, which often contain aversion to the dirty officialdom, a spirit of unwillingness to be complicit, and a yearning for a peaceful society; they also often express anxiety about the short life and adapting to nature, The concept of life of happiness and peace of mind has more philosophical elements. Its artistic characteristics are both plain and hearty; its language is simple and natural, yet quite concise, and has a unique style. There is "Tao Yuanming Collection".