The opening line of
孟浩然's 《
过故人庄》, followed by
邀我至田家 'and invited me to his farm'.
具 is 'to prepare' and
黍 is broomcorn millet. Chicken and millet was the plain meal a country host set before a guest, as when the old man in the
论语 killed a chicken and cooked millet for
子路.
