Listen to this articleThe Weaver-Urger
Wang Anshi
In autumn golden screens and emerald curtains are pleasing to the eye;
People may indulge in them every year without giving any thought.
They know only of urging the poor to work faster at the loom,
Yet how many weavers can afford a single skein of silk thread?
金屏翠幔与秋宜，得此年年醉不知。
只向贫家促机杼，几家能有一絇丝。
——王安石《促织》
