Do you know how our ancestors satirized people?

Joke is definitely a popular word after 2 1 century, especially in the last decade. When people are bored, they will say: Let's tell a joke! But if you think there are no jokes in ancient times, you are all wet. Jokes written by modern people can be popular for a period of time at most, but jokes written by ancient people can last forever.

The jokes of the ancients are naturally poems written by them. Let's look at those satirical poems that have been handed down through the ages and see how our ancestors satirized people.

The first sentence: a needle is tempered, one by one. Eyes on the ass, only clothes and no one!

This is Wen Yingjiang's Reading Needles in Qing Dynasty. It seems to be writing a needle, but where can I write the sentence "eyes grow on my ass" when writing a needle? Although it looks like that, it is actually this person who continues to curse. And this curse is really malicious. Isn't that what people say now? I guess it all comes from this poem.

The second sentence: the merchant girl doesn't know how to hate the country, but still sings "backyard flower" across the river.

I believe that Du Mu's "Bo Qinhuai" is a well-known allusion, especially these two sentences, in which the satire on the ruler is almost profound to the bone. Later, many later generations described the corruption of the rulers and the ignorance of the people. It was these two poems that satirized others to this point, and Brother Du Mu was also unique.

The third sentence: plant a millet in spring and harvest 10 thousand seeds in autumn. There is no waste of heaven and earth, and the toiling peasants are still starving to death.

I believe that after reading Li Shen's "Two Poems for Peasants", everyone has a deep feeling. At any time, the happy life of the upper class is created by these farmers struggling on the edge of food and clothing. But the last two sentences of this poem satirize the corruption of the rulers to a great extent. Farmers starve to death not because of natural disasters, but because of man-made disasters.

The fourth sentence: a small official is a big official, and the song means happy. If you can do this, won't you become a dutiful son?

This is Dong Yingju's Essays in the Ming Dynasty, a vivid image of collusion between officials and businessmen in the Ming Dynasty. Will it be vividly displayed before our eyes soon? The last two sentences of the poem use the word dutiful son, which is ironic to the extreme.

The fifth sentence: I entered the city yesterday and returned with tears; Those who wear Luo Qi are not silkworm farmers.

This is Silkworm Girl written by Zhang Yu in Song Dynasty. Why is he crying? Silkworms have worked hard to raise silkworms all their lives. They wear coarse cloth, but they dare not wear Luo Qi. What is this world?

It seems ironic that the ancients were much smarter than modern people. After reading the paragraph, people are deeply touched, so it can be passed down through the ages. The jokes told by modern people are not so honored to have the opportunity to spread through the ages, because the connotation is not high.