A poem describing people's insatiable greed

What describes people's insatiable greed is a Sanqu "Ten Shortages of Goats on a Mountain Slope" written by Zhu Zaiyu in Ming Dynasty.

This is a poem that satirizes the lack of people in the world and can also be said to persuade the world to be satisfied.

Full text of ten shortcomings of goats:

Running around all day just to satisfy hunger, thinking about clothes when you are full; Have no worries about food and clothing and miss your beautiful wife;

If you marry a beautiful wife and have children, what you hate is that you have no land and no foundation; How vast the fertile land is, and too few people go out to ride horses;

Mules and horses are detained at the head of the trough, fearing that no official position will be cheated; Qipin county magistrate is still too young to wear purple clothes;

Yipin Chao is the prime minister and wants to seize the inheritance of the emperor; Satisfied as the son of heaven, but also want to live forever;

Once you get the elixir, talk to God. Not enough is not enough. What is life like?

If the world wants to be satisfied, unless Conan dreams.

Translation:

Running around all day is to fill your stomach, and you want clothes when you are full; Have no worries about food and clothing and want a beautiful wife; A well-married wife gave birth to a son, but regretted having no land; No matter how wide the field is, you will dislike not riding when you go out; There are mules and horses at the head of the trough, and no official is afraid of being bullied; Qipin county magistrate is still too young to wear purple clothes;

Waiting for any prime minister in the imperial court, thinking about going back to be emperor; Satisfied when the emperor, but also want to live forever; Once we find the elixir of life, we will talk to God. Not satisfied, not satisfied, what should life do? If you want to satisfy people, unless this is Conan's dream.

Extended data:

Zhu Zaiyu (1536-1611) is a native of Qushan. He is the ninth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Ming Dynasty, and the sixth grandson of Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zaiyu was named "Prince" at the age of 10. /kloc-When he was 0/5 years old, his father Zhu Houan was jailed because of a power dispute between the royal family.

1567, Zhu Zaiyu's father was pardoned by Qin Long, and 34-year-old Zhu Zaiyu returned to glory, but his view on money changed greatly.

Zhu Zaiyu did not become a prince, but became a great music physicist, mathematician, astronomer and Sanqu writer in the history of China. He is a generation of scientific and cultural masters as famous as Xu Xiake and Li Shizhen.

He was the first in the world to establish the "law of twelve averages" and the first in history to accurately calculate the geographical position of Beijing, and was praised by the west as "an encyclopedic figure of oriental art".

Although Zhu Zaiyu was an imperial clan, his father was found guilty of infighting among the royal family and was banned from Fengyang, so he built a mud house and lived alone outside the palace gate for 19 years. He has a profound understanding of the decadent darkness and apathy of the world within the ruling class, and many of his works lament the apathy of the world and the impermanence of honor and disgrace.

This "Ten Shortcomings" can be regarded as the masterpiece of this kind of works. This song vividly depicts the psychological state of the greedy. At the same time, it also profoundly reveals that excessive indulgence will pay a price; Greed inevitably leads to corruption and destruction.

The author uses the method of step by step and interlocking to strip away some people's endless psychology and ugliness, such as seeking fame and fortune, drawing silkworms and raising silkworms, and exposes them one by one, which fully shows the author's irony and contempt for them. The language is popular and humorous, and the scene description is vivid and ironic. It is really a masterpiece to write a big theme with a relaxed style.

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