In the old society, ordinary ordinary families struggled for their lives every day, mainly for this "seven things to open the door." Some elegant people are inevitably worried about eating. The feelings of these literati are also different from those of ordinary people, or inspired by feelings or games, leaving poems about "seven things" to future generations.
Entering poetry with "seven things" was first seen in the Yuan Dynasty zaju "Liu Xingshou" with a 20% discount: "Teach you to be a master instead of a master until you become a master; Seven things to open the door early, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea. " Between the lines, the hard work of being a master for the "seven things" is vividly displayed. Tang Bohu, a famous painter and writer in the Ming Dynasty, touched the scene and sang a poem "New Year's Eve" on New Year's Eve, clearly proposing "seven things": "All the rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are in other people's homes; There is nothing to do in the twilight, and I wish the Tang Temple to see plum blossoms. " This poem not only reflects the author's poor living conditions, but also reflects his optimistic attitude towards life, which makes him feel interesting after reading it carefully.
Songs like this are more common in the works of Anonymous. For example, there is a poem "Avoiding Debt": "The front door is chaotic, and the rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea; I don't care about his mother. I went out from the back door to see plum blossoms. " This poem is obviously a poor scholar's self-mockery out of helplessness. After reading it, we can feel the author's state of mind that if he is poor, he will change his mind and seek pleasure in suffering. Another poem, Untitled, said: "Painting, books, piano, chess, poetry and hops were inseparable in those years; Now the seven words have changed, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea. " As can be seen from the poem, the author once lived a leisurely and rich life, but later he was reduced to running for food. How can he not sigh in the face of poor life! There is also a poem that also expresses "poverty". The title is "Hundred Sighs": "Every rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea needs rainy days now; I didn't dare to sigh for a long time, for fear of moving Gao Tang to worry about me. " This one is obviously different from the previous ones: I am too poor to sigh, so I have to suffer for fear of alarming my elderly parents. After reading it, people will feel the author's filial piety.
But all the poems above were written by literati. The poem written by a housewife to her husband with the theme of "opening the door" gives people another feeling: "Congratulations to Lang Jun for having her again. Today, I wash my hands of my master; When you open the door, you will be given everything, with rice, oil and salt sauce and fragrant tea. " Obviously, the housewife is very dissatisfied with her husband's concubinage, but she dare not say it clearly, so she has to write this poem to complain. The so-called "open things" are naturally seven pieces of "rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea", but when it comes to "full delivery", only six pieces are "delivered", except one piece-"vinegar". This is by no means a housewife accidentally lost it, but left it for herself to eat. At this time, it can really be said that vinegar is better than vinegar. (Yuan) According to