Quan jiu shi si shou Bu ru lai yin jiu qi shou "Mo zuo nong fu qu" 勸酒十四首 不如來飲酒七首 “莫作農夫去”

by Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846)

Dynasty: Tang 唐 (618–907)

Included in: Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems) Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985. 450.5081.

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莫作農夫去,君應見自愁。 迎春犁瘦地,趁晚餧羸牛。 數被官加稅,稀逢歲有秋。 不如來飲酒,相伴醉悠悠。