The verses describing respecting the elderly are as follows:
1. Whoever speaks from the heart of an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring. This sentence comes from Meng Jiao's "Wandering Zi Yin"
The explanation is: Who dares to say that children as weak as Xiaocao's filial piety can repay the kindness of a loving mother like Chunhui Puze? Here, the poet uses the buds of grass as a metaphor for the filial piety of children towards their mother, which is extremely small and insignificant. Here, through vivid metaphors, the wanderer's complex feelings of gratitude and deep guilt for his mother are expressed.
2. When Si'er is a chick, he flies high and carries his mother on his back. This sentence comes from Bai Juyi's "The Poems of Yan Show to Liu Sou"
This sentence comes from Bai Juyi's "The Poems of Yan Show to Liu Sou". The explanation is: You should recall the moment when you were young and Gao Fei abandoned his mother. . As adults today, you should already understand the longing in your parents' hearts at that time. The author uses Liang Shangyan's growth situation to satirize the social phenomenon of children being ruthless and refusing to feed back, emphasizing that if you want your children to be filial to you, you should take the lead in being filial to your parents.
3. The frost wipes out the reed flowers and wets the clothes with tears, and the old man no longer leans on the firewood leaf. From Yu Gong's "Thinking of Mother"
The explanation is: Seeing the autumn frost blowing the reed flowers all over the sky, I shed tears of sadness. My old mother with white hair will never come again. Chaimen, who leans against the door, is looking forward to me. Although Gong Gong is a monk, he cannot be indebted to his relatives.
Although he lived a poor and indifferent life, he still helped his mother from time to time. Now my mother is gone too, leaving only a lot of nostalgia. What is revealed in the poem is a pure heart, and the admiration makes people deeply moved and sighing when reading it.
4. The love of a loving mother leaning against the door makes the wanderer suffer on the road. This sentence comes from Wang Mian's "Mo Xuan Tu No. 1"
The explanation is: The loving mother leaned against the door and watched her child go away. She couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of the hardships of the far-away traveler during the journey. . It expresses the wanderers’ deep longing for their mother in their hometown and their guilt at not being able to fulfill their filial piety by their mother’s side.
5. The white-headed old mother covers the door and cries, and rolls up the broken sleeves of her shirt. This sentence comes from Han Yu's "Who's Son" in the Tang Dynasty
The explanation is: The gray-haired old mother blocked the door and cried non-stop. Even if she tore her sleeves, she could not keep her son who was traveling far away. This is a work with the theme of criticizing superstition.
The author is naturally critical and extremely angry when faced with such a social trend and its consequences. This kind of son who has no feelings for his relatives should be condemned. Han Yu wrote this poem, which was actually a satire on the social atmosphere at that time.