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?

Original poem:

Chuhe (Tang)

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?

Appreciation: When the poet expounds the above contents, he does not talk and discuss in an empty and abstract way, but exposes problems and explains the truth with vivid images and profound contrast, which makes people easy to accept and understand. Finally, the contrast between food and sweat is really subtle and vivid. The language of poetry is simple, the syllables are harmonious and lively, catchy and easy to recite.

Brief introduction of the poet: Li Shen (772-846), a native of Bozhou (now Anhui) and Wucheng (now Huzhou, Zhejiang), grew up in Wuxi, Runzhou (now Jiangsu). This word is vertical. 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.