1. "Compassion for Farmers" by Li Shen of the Tang Dynasty

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.

Translation: As long as you sow a seed in spring, you can harvest a lot of food in autumn. There is no uncultivated land in the world, but there are still hardworking farmers starving to death.

2. "Compassion for Farmers" by Li Shen of the Second Tang Dynasty

It was noon on the day of hoeing, and sweat dripped from the soil.

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

Translation: At noon in midsummer, the sun is scorching, and farmers are still working, sweat dripping into the soil. Who would have thought that every grain of rice in our bowls is the result of farmers' hard work?

3. "Viewing the Cutting of Wheat" by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty

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.

The women and aunts carry baskets of food, and the children carry pots of pulp.

They go with them to the salary fields, and the young men and women are in Nangang.

The weather is full of heat and rustic, and the sky is scorching at the back.

Translation:

Farmers rarely have free months, and people are even busier with the arrival of May. A southerly wind blew during the night, and the wheat covering the field ridges had matured and turned yellow.

The women carried meals in bamboo baskets and children carried water in portable pots. They follow each other to the fields to deliver meals, and the men harvesting wheat are all in Nangang. Their feet were fumigated by the heat from the ground, and their spines were basking in the hot sun.

4. "Staying at Xunni's House under Wusong Mountain" by Tang Li Bai

I stayed under Wusongshan, feeling lonely and joyless.

The autumn work in the Tian family is bitter, and the neighbor's daughter is cold at night.

Translation: I stayed at a farmhouse at the foot of Wusong Mountain, feeling very depressed and lonely. Farmers are even busier with autumn work. The woman next door is pounding rice all night long, not afraid of the cold autumn night.

5. Pearls are treasures and rice is king. ——Folk proverb