1. Full text
The thread in the hands of a loving mother, the clothes on the body of a wanderer.
Before leaving, I am worried that I will return later.
Whoever speaks an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring.
2. Translation
The loving mother used the needle and thread in her hands to make clothes for her son who was traveling far away. Before leaving, I sewed it stitch by stitch, fearing that my son would come back late and the clothes would be damaged. Who dares to say that children with filial piety as weak as Xiaocao can repay the kindness of Chunhui Puze?
3. Author
The author is Meng Jiao, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. Meng Jiao was born in Wukang, Huzhou. His father, Meng Tingbin, was a minor official and served as Kunshan County Lieutenant. His family was poor. Meng Jiao was withdrawn from childhood and rarely interacted with others. Meng Jiao's poems go beyond the narrow subject matter scope of the Dali and Zhenyuan eras.
The main theme of his poems is the resentment of middle- and lower-class scribes against poverty and hardship. This was determined by his life experiences such as repeated failures in trials, hardships in official career, and the loss of a son in middle age; but he was still able to express his feelings through The destiny of the individual sees some of the broader social life and reflects these lives in poetry.
Extended information:
This is an ode to maternal love. The poem eulogizes the great human beauty - maternal love, cordially and sincerely. In the first two sentences of the poem, the people described are mother and son, and the objects described are threads and clothes, but they highlight the flesh-and-blood feelings of mother and son depending on each other.
The middle two sentences focus on the movements and attitudes of the loving mother, showing the mother's deep love for her son. Although there are no words or tears, it is full of pure love, gripping and making people cry. The last two sentences are the sublimation of the first four sentences. They use popular metaphors to express the fiery feelings of a child. How can children repay the spring-like maternal love and the grass-like children.
The whole poem has no gorgeous words or clever decorations. In the fresh, smooth, simple and plain language, it is full of rich and mellow poetic flavor, sincere and sincere, and has moved many readers for thousands of years. The heartstrings caused thousands of wanderers to scream.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-You Ziyin