Village life Tom Sharp

1. My friend showed me a painting of a wedding in Zhuchen in which a Lu married a Cui. All kinds of people live in Zhuchen but every family there took the surname of one or the other nobleman. 2. I went to Zhuchen once to encourage people to do some farming. Now its scenery’s not worth painting and the taxman knocks on people’s doors at night.

陈季常所蓄朱陈村嫁娶图二首 苏轼

一 何年顾陆丹青手，画作《朱陈嫁娶图》。 闻道一村惟两姓，不将门户买崔卢。 二 我是朱陈旧使君，劝农曾入杏花村。 而今风物那堪画，县吏催钱夜打门。