What does Sui Jian used for Xiao Yi Mi mean?

Meaning: I was appointed to a small county as an official.

From: Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Tao Yuanming's "Words for Returning."

Excerpt from the original text: The Yu family is poor, and the cultivation is not enough for self-sufficiency. The naïve room, the bottle has no storage corn, and the raw materials are not seen. The relatives persuaded the rest to be the chief officials, and they had a way to get rid of their hearts and ask for it. There will be things in the four directions, the princes will be virtuous with love, and the uncles will be poor and poor, so they will be used for Xiaoyi.

Interpretation: My family is poor and cannot support myself in farming. There are a lot of children, there is no food in the rice tank, and there is no way to solve everything necessary to maintain life.

Most of my relatives and friends persuaded me to become an official, and I also had this idea in my heart, but there was no way to seek an official. Just in time for an official who was sent to go out, the local officials took cherishing talents as a virtue, and my uncle was also appointed to a small county as an official because of my poor family (trying to do it for me).

Ploughing: Ploughing the fields. Plant:

Mulberry planting. Take: come.

Give: Supply. Self-sufficiency:

Provide for your own life. Asset: By virtue of.

Technique: This refers to the ability to manage a livelihood. Chief:

County clerks in higher positions. Refers to petty officials.

Translation: I was appointed as an official in a small county.

From: Eastern Jin Dynasty Tao Yuanming's "Words of Return".

Excerpt from the original text: There will be things in the four directions, the princes will be virtuous with love, and the uncles will be poor and poor, so they will be used for Xiaoyi. At that time, the turmoil was not quiet, and he was worried about the distant service, Peng Ze went home for a hundred miles, and the benefits of the public land were enough for wine. So I asked for it.

Interpretation: Just in time for the officials who were sent to go out, the local officials took cherishing talents as a virtue, and my uncle was also appointed to a small county as an official because of my poor family (trying to do it for me). At that time, the society was in turmoil, and I was afraid to go to a distant place to become an official.

Pengze County is a hundred miles away from home, and the grain harvested from the public land is enough to make wine and drink, so I asked to go there.

Sifang: It means to go everywhere and the princes: refers to the governor of the state and county.

Uncle: refers to Tao Kui [kuí], who was too Changqing at the time. to:

Because. See: be.

Turmoil: Refers to a melee between warlords. Static:

Flat. Fear: Afraid.

Service: Serving. Theme Idea:

This article was written at the beginning of the author's resignation, describing his life interests and inner feelings after resigning and retiring, showing his understanding of officialdom and thinking about life, and expressing his spiritual sentiments of being clean and self-conscious.

Author Achievement Impact:

Tao Yuanming's status and influence in the history of literature depend on his prose and rhetoric, and it is no less than his poetry. In particular, "The Biography of Mr. Wuliu", "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" and "Words of Return", these three articles are the most famous for their temperament and thoughts.

Tao Yuanming was a great thinker in the Middle Ages. His literary thought was an important part of the literary thought of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. His understanding of the truth not only pays attention to the truth of history and life, but also pays more attention to the truth of thoughts, emotions and ambitions, which is a more perfect artistic truth.

At the same time, his understanding of nature also shows the uniqueness of his literary thought. He does not educate or carve, pays attention to the free expression of emotions, and pays attention to the natural nature of poetry, which is a very high realm. However, whether it is advocating the truth of art or advocating the nature of literature, it is to express life in a hearty way.

This is the soul of Tao Yuanming's literary thought.

Then I saw that it was used in Xiaoyi—I was appointed to this small county as an official.

When translating, the key is to translate "see" as a passive meaning, because this is related to the theme of the whole text, and Tao Yuanming's official is passive.

So I was appointed as a petty official in the county seat.