The tree wants to keep quiet, but the wind will not stop; My son wants to serve his parents when they are old, but they are gone.
Source: Collected Works of Confucius
Original text:
Confucius left, and it was sad to hear crying. Confucius said, "Expel the former sages." Come on, then the tall fish was cut off by the brown sickle and wept by the roadside. Confucius said, "Why cry if you don't have a funeral?" ? "gaoyu said," I lost three things. I learned little. I traveled to princes, and then I lost another one. Noble and ambitious, idle and idle, lose two. If you are honest with your friends, you will lose three. The tree wants to remain quiet, but the wind won't stop; the son wants to serve his parents in their old age, but they are no more. Those who can't chase, the year is also; Those who go and don't see it are also near. Please resign from now on. "I am dead. Confucius said, "Disciples know enough. "So the owner resigned, and three out of ten people raised relatives.
The meaning of "waiting"
"The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not stop. The son wants to raise and not kiss." From the biography of Korean poetry, Volume 9. The original text is "the husband wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the son wants to raise and not kiss." This exclamation was felt by gaoyu after his parents died.
Gao Yu travels around the world to visit teachers and friends, so he seldom stays in his hometown to serve his parents. Unexpectedly, his parents died one after another, and Gao Yu realized that he could no longer be filial. He deeply regrets that his parents failed to take care of their loved ones when they were alive, and now he regrets it!
Gao Yu described her helplessness in losing her parents with "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop". Trees don't like to swing too much with the wind, or the branches will fall off; But the wind never stopped, and the trees were constantly being blown. The wind is endless, which is the helplessness of the tree; The absence of relatives is the first literal explanation of the filial son's helplessness: the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the wind can't calm the tree. When the son grows up, he hopes to support his parents and repay them for their kindness, but the second old man has long since passed away, making his children's wishes impossible, leaving a lifelong regret! Gao Yu travels around the world to visit teachers and friends, so he seldom stays in his hometown to serve his parents. Unexpectedly, his parents died one after another, and Gao Yu realized that he could no longer be filial. He deeply regrets that his parents failed to take care of their loved ones when they were alive, and now he regrets it!
Gao Yu described her helplessness in losing her parents with "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop". Trees don't like to swing too much with the wind, or the branches will fall off; But the wind never stopped, and the trees were constantly being blown. The wind is endless, which is the helplessness of the tree; The absence of relatives is the helplessness of the dutiful son.
Generally speaking, the development of things is often not according to people's wishes. It's just that sometimes what you want is far from reality. People can't control themselves in some things!
This sentence is very famous. Especially the last sentence, I don't know how many loyal ministers and dutiful sons have been touched! Pay more attention to your parents! Don't really regret when your parents are away!
Said by: Han Han Ying, Biography of Chinese Poetry.
"Gao Yu said," I lost three things: learning less and traveling to princes. In the future, I lost one; Noble aspirations, I am a gentleman, I lost two; If you play favorites with your friends, you will lose three. The tree wants to remain quiet, but the wind won't stop; the son wants to serve his parents in their old age, but they are no more. Those who go and don't chase, the year is also, those who go and don't see, are also close. Please resign from now on. 」』