My family is poor, and cultivating the fields and planting the mulberry trees is not enough to provide for myself. We have many children, and there is no grain left in the rice bowl, and I have yet to find the skills I need to make a living. Most of my friends and relatives urged me to become an official, and I had the same idea in my heart, but I lacked the means to seek an official position. When I was on a mission to a foreign country, the local officials took it as a virtue to cherish talents, and my uncle tried to help me because of my family's poverty, so I was appointed as an official in a small county. I was afraid to go to a faraway place to become an official, because of the social unrest at that time.
Pengze County was a hundred miles from my home, and the grain harvested from the public fields was enough to make wine, so I asked to go there. When some days had passed, the nostalgic feeling of staying in the homeland arose. Why is that? Although hunger and cold are urgent problems, it is painful to be an official against one's will, both physically and mentally. In the past, when I worked for the government, I was forced to serve myself for the sake of food. So the despondent feeling, the mood of excitement, y ashamed of the life of the volunteer.
Still wishing to see this crop ripen, he packed his bags and left overnight. Soon, married to the Cheng family's sister died in Wuchang, to mourn the mood like a horse galloping as urgent, he asked to be exempted from official duties. Since the second month of autumn to winter, in office *** more than eighty days. Because of the resignation of the official and the fulfillment of the wishes of the heart, wrote an article entitled "return to come". I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it.
Going back! The fields are going to be deserted, why don't you go back? Since one's mind is enslaved by a shell, why do you grieve and lose heart? I realize that the mistakes of the past are irreparable, but understand that what has not happened can still be remedied. I have indeed gone astray, but not too far, having realized that the choices I make today are right, and the actions I once took are the ones that are astray. The boat floats gently on the water moving forward, briskly, and the wind flutters lightly, blowing up the shirts. I asked pedestrians about the road ahead, hating the slow dawn.
At last I saw my home, and with joy in my heart, I ran over to it. The houseboys greeted me cheerfully, and the toddlers waited at the gate. The path in the yard was about to be deserted, and the pine chrysanthemums were still growing there. When I entered the house with the children, the wine bottles were overflowing with sake. I took up the jug of wine and poured myself a glass, and looked at the trees in the yard, and felt very happy;
Leaning against the south window and resting on my pride and contentment, I felt very comfortable living in a simple hut. Every day to walk in the yard, a pleasure of its own, the door of the garden is often closed, walking on crutches to go out, resting at any time and place, looking up at the distance. Clouds naturally emerge from the mountains, tired birds know to fly back to their nests; the sun is dim, the sun is about to go down, hand strokes the lone pine wandering.
Come back! I will break off my intercourse with the worldly people. What else can I endeavor to seek when the things of the world are contrary to what I think? I will take pleasure in the words of my loved ones, and I will play the zither and read to dispel my sorrows. The farmer told me that spring had arrived and that plowing would begin in the western fields. Sometimes a curtained cart is called, sometimes a small boat is rowed across. Sometimes we pass through deep and winding valleys, sometimes we walk through uneven mountain paths. The grass is lush and the water flows delicately. I envied that everything in nature grows and flourishes in time for spring, and lamented that my life was coming to an end.
This is the first time I've ever seen a woman in the world! I'm not sure how much longer I can live on this earth, so why don't I just let my heart go and let nature take its course? Why do you want to go wherever your heart desires? Riches and riches are not what I seek, and there is no hope of cultivating into a god. Take advantage of the beautiful spring time to go out alone. Sometimes I put down my walking stick and pick up farming tools to weed and cultivate the soil; I climbed the high hill in the east to let out my voice and recite poems along the clear stream. Let's just let nature take its course and finish the journey of life, and hold the idea of being happy with the fate of heaven, what is there to hesitate about?
Originally:
Yu family is poor, cultivation is not enough to support themselves. The child is not enough to feed himself, and the bottle is not enough to store corn, so I have not seen the art of living. I was advised by my relatives and friends to become an official, but I was not able to find a way to do so. When there was an event in the Four Directions, the lords took favor and love as their virtues, and the uncle of the family took Yu's poverty as his reason, so he saw him used in a small town. The storm was not yet quiet, and I was afraid to go to faraway places, but Pengze was a hundred miles away from my home, and I was able to use the public land for wine.
Therefore, it is a good idea to ask for it. After a few days, I was very fond of the idea of returning to the second place. Why? It is natural for me to do so, and not something I would do if I had to. Even though I was hungry and cold, I was sick against my will. I had been in the field of human affairs, but I had to work on my own. I was so disappointed and generous that I felt ashamed of my life's ambition. I hope to be able to get through the night, when I collect my clothes. Seeking Cheng's sister lost in Wuchang, love in the Junbun, since the exemption from duty. Mid-autumn to winter, in the official eighty days. Because things go well, the order of the article said "return". B Si year old November also.
Going back to the Ruoxi, the garden will be turned over Hu not return? The first thing I'd like to say is that I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it. The first thing I want to do is to realize that the past is not to be admonished, and to know that the future can be pursued. I realize that I am not far from the path of the lost, and I am aware that what I am now is not what I was yesterday. The boat is flying far away and the wind is blowing on my clothes. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it, and I'm going to be able to do it.
It was a great pleasure to see the house, and I was glad to see it. The first thing I did was to get the money to pay for it. The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and it was a long time coming. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good look at this, but I'm sure you're going to want to. I drew the goblet to drink, and looked at the garden to enjoy my face. Leaning on the south window, he was proud of himself, and he was happy to see how easy it was for him to rest on his knees. The garden is always interesting, and the door is always closed. The door is always closed, though it is set up. I help the old man to rest, and sometimes I look at him with my head in the air. The clouds are not interested in going out of the mountain, and the birds are tired of flying and know how to return. The scenery is cataracted, and the lone pines are caressed and hovering.
To return to my home, I would like to ask for a break from my travels. The world is not as it should be, so I'm going to go back to the drawing board and ask for more. The first thing I'd like to do is to get the chance to see my friends and family in action, and I'd like to be able to see them in action. The farmers told me that they were going to have something to do in the west countryside in spring. The farmers told me that they were going to do something in the west field, so I ordered them to take a towel and a car, or to row a lonely boat. The farmers are not only seeking gullies, but also ruggedly passing through the hills. Woods flourish and springs begin to flow. The time is right for all things, and the time is right for my life.
It's been a long time coming! I'm not sure how much time I'll have to spend on this. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that. I'm not sure what I'm talking about, but I'm not sure what I'm talking about. The first thing that I want to do is to get the money to pay for the work, and then I'm going to have to pay for it. I would like to be alone with my family, or plant my staff and hoe up the soil. I would like to climb up to the east gao to whistle in comfort, and I would like to write poems in front of the clear stream. I'd like to take the opportunity to return to my home, and I'd like to be happy with my destiny!
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Background of Creation
In the first year of the Emperor An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's YiXi reign (405), Tao YuanMing abandoned his official position to return to his homeland, and composed his "Rhetoric of Returning to the Land". Tao Yuanming began his career at the age of 29 and served as an official for thirteen years, always detesting the officialdom and yearning for the fields. When he was 41 years old in the first year of YiXi, he went out for the last time, and resigned from his post and returned home after more than eighty days of serving as a magistrate in Pengze. He never came out to be an official again.
According to the Song Shu-Tao Qian Biography and Xiao Tong's Tao Yuanming Biography, Tao Yuanming's return to seclusion was motivated by his dissatisfaction with the corrupt reality. At that time, a county postal inspector came to Pengze to inspect the county, and the official asked him to gird his loins to greet him as a sign of respect. He said angrily, "I don't want to bend my back for five buckets of rice to a country boy!" On the same day, he hung up his crown and left his post, and gave the "Return to Ruoxi Rhetoric" to make his mind clear.
Tao Yuanming from the Jin Xiaowu Emperor Taiyuan eighteen years (393) for the state priest, to the first year of the YiXi as PengZe order, thirteen years, he had several times out of the civil service, several times to return to seclusion. Tao Yuanming had political ambitions, but the political society at that time was already extremely dark. In the second year of Yuanxing of Emperor An of Jin (403), warlord Huan Xuan usurped Jin and called himself Emperor Chu. In the third year of Yuanxing (404), Liu Yu, another warlord, rose up to fight against Huan and invaded Jiankang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. By the first year of YiXi (405), Liu Yu completely manipulated the military and political power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
This was only fifteen years after Huan Xuan's usurpation of the Jin Dynasty. Along with these usurpations came countless massacres of dissidents and unjust wars. Tao Yuanming's nature loves freedom, and at that time, the official atmosphere was extremely corrupt, flattering the top and arrogating to the bottom, acting arbitrarily, shame and integrity of the ground. An upright scholar, in the political society at that time, there is no place, not to mention the realization of ideals and aspirations. Tao Yuanming after thirteen years of twists and turns, finally recognized this point completely. The fundamental opposition between Tao Yuanming's character and the political society doomed him to his final choice - to go into seclusion.
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