What, Screaming Trees wants to be quiet, but the wind will not stop?

The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind will not stop, and the child wants to raise it, but not close. The tree wants to be still, but the wind keeps blowing its branches and leaves. Trees are objective things, and the wind is the time that keeps passing. Metaphor means that the passage of time does not end with one's own will. It is often used to sigh that when the son of man wants to be filial to his parents, his parents are already dead.

First, the tree wants to be quiet, but the wind won't stop. Children want to raise it, but they don't want to be near it.

This is a good example.

Second, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind will not stop, and the child wants to raise it but not close.

Used to show that objective things are not transferred by people's subjective consciousness or the helpless scene of losing their parents.

Third, the source

Ban Gu's Collection of Confucius Family Stories Volume II Random Thoughts 8 in Han Dynasty

original text

Gaoyu said: "I lost three things: I learned less, I became a vassal, and I will lose one in the future;" Noble aspirations, I am a gentleman, I lost two; If you are young and thick with 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! "Die immediately.

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Gaoyu replied: "I have three shortcomings: when I was young, I went out to study and traveled around the vassal States, which is one of my shortcomings;" Strong self-esteem, unwilling to serve the monarch, no achievement is the second fault; Friends have a deep friendship, but they broke off contact very early. This is the third mistake.

The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind keeps blowing it. When children are filial, the old man is gone! What is gone and irreparable is the years; What I want to see but can't see after my death is my relatives. Let me die from now on "Say that finish and died.

Extended data

I. Appreciation

This is what Qiu Wuzi said to Confucius, aiming at promoting Confucian filial piety. This is a warning to filial sons from the opposite side, explaining that filial piety should be timely, and when parents are alive, they can't wait until the day their parents die.

Later, the metaphor of "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind will not stop" is an objective law that does not depend on people's subjective wishes. It is also used to indicate that one party wants to stop doing something, but the other party won't let it stop. Doing something here generally means injustice.

Two. Brief introduction of the author

Ban Gu (32-92), a native of Fufeng Anling (now northeast of Xianyang, Shaanxi), was a famous historian and writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ban Gu was born in a Confucian family, and his father Ban Biao and uncle Ban Si were famous scholars at that time. Under the influence of his father and ancestors, Ban Gu was able to return to literature at the age of nine, recite poetry and fu, and entered imperial academy at the age of sixteen, reading widely and being proficient in Confucian classics and history.