Poems about firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar and tea
In the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Zha Weiren, who was known as "Lianpo", wrote "Lianpo Poetry", which recorded a poem of Zhang Can, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, which says:
"The calligraphy, painting, qin, chess, poetry and flowers were all in the same place in his day. The book, the painting, the zither, the chessboard, the poetry and the flowers, all of which were never far away from him in those days.
But now the seven things have all changed, the wood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea.
"Books, paintings, qin, chess, poetry, wine and flowers" is a very elegant thing, when the joy in it, and its style, but now the good times are no longer, everything is declared "upside down", into "wood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar and tea" of the vulgar things. The poem's "elegance", however, is not as elegant as the poem's "elegance". However, the contrast and transformation of "elegance" and "vulgarity" in the poem has written out the real state of existence of all people in real life, and "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea" corresponds to "calligraphy, painting, zither, chess, poetry, and tea". The author's ingenuity and innovation can be seen in the use of "calligraphy, painting, zither, chess, poetry, wine and flowers", which has been blunted by the use of this proverbial and poetic phrase many times, which has been given a new light in this poem, just like the end of the mountain, suddenly the light in the darkness.
2. About food, clothing, housing and transportation
The four treasures of the literary house of pen, ink, paper, ink stone and ink stone Hu Bingyan
Pen
Bamboo jade tube, the four virtues of the absolute generation.
The ink is like a will, and the hair is strong and healthy.
The phoenix dances lightly and the dragon leaps to the sky.
A masterpiece for the ages, a masterpiece for the ages.
The ink
has been refined for a long time, and hammered in a mortar and pestle.
The rules are set in square and round, and the birds, flowers, pine and cranes are nestled in.
The ink is full of flavor, and the sand and musk are gathered in the green gems.
The trace has survived for many years, but the fragrance is still there.
Paper
The body is as thin as a wing, and the ink is made to be blue.
The geese are reporting their messages, and the poems are reciting their rhymes.
The classic is the best of both worlds.
The bitter, spicy, sour, and sweet things are all very clear.
Ink
Inheriting the ancient wonders, the wonderful hand draws a dignified.
Hundreds of years of playing stone friends, pine rich dismissal and refusing to be dismissed.
The inkstone has been used for a long time, and the dismissal is very rare.
It is thick and rich in spirit, deep and elegant.
The dismissal of the stone was very rare.