Quan nong shi (2) "Zhe ren yi he" 勸農詩 (其二) "哲人伊何"
by Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (365–427)
Dynasty: Jin 晉 (266–420)
Included in: Lu Qinli 逯欽立 (ed.). Xian Qin Han Wei Jin Nanbeichao shi 先秦漢魏晉南北朝詩 Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1983. Jinshi 晉詩 16.969.
Translations
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Ina Asim : Aufforderung zur Landarbeit, II
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in: Pohl, Karl-Heinz. Der Pfirsichblütenquell. Tao Yuanming. Gesammelte Gedichte. Köln: Diederichs, 1985. p. 53. -
James Robert Hightower (1915–2006): An Exhortation to Farmers, II
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in: Hightower, James Robert. The Poetry of T'ao Ch'ien. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. p. 30.
The translator also provides commentary to the poem on pages 31-33.
哲人伊何。時惟后稷。 贍之伊何。實曰播植。 舜既躬耕。禹亦稼穡。 遠若周典。八政始食。