The love between parents is the truest in the world, and the tears and blood melt into the bodies of their children. I have worked so hard to give birth to a son, and I pity the hearts of all parents in the world! "Poetry for the Longevity of Mother" is a poem written by Empress Dowager Cixi for her mother, the Fucha family. When Cixi's mother had her sixtieth birthday, although the Forbidden City was a stone's throw away from her mother's residence in Xila Hutong, Cixi was unable to attend her mother's birthday, so she composed a calligraphy poem.
Creative background
Empress Dowager Cixi’s mother, Fucha, was the daughter of Hui Xian, the deputy governor of Guihua City, and the wife of Hui Zheng, Taiguang Road, Ningchi, Anhui. She was born in the twelfth year of Jiaqing. In 1807, he died in the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870).
When Cixi's mother had her sixtieth birthday, Cixi was unable to attend her mother's birthday even though the Forbidden City was a stone's throw away from her mother's residence in Xila Hutong. I asked the courtier to give my mother a lot of things, and at the same time he wrote a piece of calligraphy, framed it and sent it off. This calligraphy was preserved for several generations and was finally destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. That is a poem written by Cixi to her mother: "The love between parents is the truest in the world, and the tears and blood are melted into the bodies of their children. They worked hard to finally give birth to their children. I have pity on the hearts of parents all over the world!" Now many people know that "I have pity on the hearts of parents all over the world." "This sentence, but I don't know its origin. In fact, this sentence comes from Cixi's poem. Introduction to Cixi
Cixi (November 29, 1835 - November 15, 1908) was Empress Xiaoqinxian, Yehenala, the concubine of Emperor Xianfeng and the biological mother of Emperor Tongzhi. An important political figure in the late Qing Dynasty and the actual ruler of the late Qing Dynasty.
He entered the palace in 1852 and was given the title Lan Guiren (Yi Guiren is recorded in Qing history manuscripts). In the following year, he was granted the title of Yi Guiren by the Jin Dynasty. In 1856, the eldest son of the emperor, Aixinjueluo Zaichun (Emperor Tongzhi), was born, and he was granted the title of Yi Guiren by the Jin Dynasty. In the following year, she was granted the title of Imperial Concubine Yi by the Jin Dynasty. After the death of Emperor Xianfeng in 1861, she was honored together with Empress Xiaozhenxian in the two palaces. Xin launched the Xinyou coup, executed eight ministers, and seized power, forming a pattern of "the second palace hangs the curtain, and the prince discusses politics." The Qing government temporarily entered a period of tranquility, known in history as the Tongzhi ZTE. In 1873, the Queen Mother of the two palaces returned to power.