The poems about labor are as follows:

1. Hoeing the Grain

Tang Dynasty

Li Shen

Hoeing the Grain At noon, sweat is dripping from the soil.

Who knows that every meal on the plate is hard work.

2. Fishermen on the river

Northern Song Dynasty

Fan Zhongyan

People on the river. But love the beauty of sea bass.

Look at the boat, which is in and out of the storm.

3. Silkworm Woman

Northern Song Dynasty

Zhang Yu

I went to the city yesterday and came back with tears in my eyes.

Those who are covered with silkworms are not silkworm farmers.

4. Watching the harvesting of wheat

Tang Dynasty

Bai Juyi

The Tian family has few free months, but in May people are twice as busy.

At night the south wind blows, and the wheat is covered with yellow.

Women carry baskets of food, and children carry pots of pulp.

Going with me to the salary field, the young man is in Nangang.

My feet are full of rustic heat, and my back is scorching with the scorching sky.

I am exhausted and don’t know how hot it is, but it’s a pity that the summer is long.

There is also a poor woman with a baby beside her.

The right hand holds the earrings, and the left arm hangs a basket.

Hearing his words of care makes those who hear them feel sad.

My family’s farmland has been exhausted, so I’ll just throw it away to satisfy my hunger.

What merit do I have now? I have never been involved in farming and mulberry trees.

The official salary is three hundred stones, and there is more than enough food every year.

5. Compassion for farmers

Tang Dynasty

Li Shen

Sow a grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand grains in autumn.

There is no idle land in the world, and farmers are still starving to death.