The whole poem of "Who Says the Heart of an Inch of Grass" is:
The thread in the hands of a loving mother, the clothes on the wanderer's body.
Before leaving, I am worried that I will return later.
Whoever speaks an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring.
From: The Ancient Poetry "Wandering Zi Yin"
About the author:
Meng Jiao, (751～814), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The word is Dongye. Han nationality, a native of Wukang, Huzhou (now Deqing, Zhejiang), his ancestral home is Pingchang (now northeast of Linyi, Shandong), and his ancestors lived in Luoyang (now in Henan). A famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. There are more than 500 existing poems, among which short five-character ancient poems are the most numerous. The representative work is "Wandering Son's Song". He is known as the "poem prisoner" and is as famous as Jia Dao, and is also known as "the thin island in the cold suburbs". In the ninth year of Yuanhe, he died of illness in Nengxiang (now Lingbao, Henan). Zhang Ji's private posthumous title is Mr. Zhen Yao.
Translation:
The kind mother holds needle and thread in her hand. Make new clothes for the children who are traveling far away.
Before leaving, she was busy sewing tightly, because she was worried that her child would never come back after leaving.
Who can say that Xiaocao’s filial piety can repay Chunhui’s kindness to a loving mother?
Appreciation:
The deep maternal love bathes the children all the time. However, for Meng Jiao, a wanderer who has been homeless all year round, the most memorable thing is the painful moment of separation between mother and son. This poem describes the ordinary scene of a loving mother sewing at such a time, but it expresses the poet's deep inner emotions.
The first two sentences are "The thread in the hands of the loving mother, and the clothes on the wandering son". Two very common things, "thread" and "clothing", are used to closely connect the "loving mother" and "the wandering son", and write The flesh-and-blood relationship between mother and child relying on each other. Three or four sentences, "There is a tight gap before departure, and I am afraid that I will return late." Through the movements and psychological portrayal of the loving mother making clothes for the wanderer to go out, this kind of flesh-and-blood affection is deepened. The mother used thousands of stitches and stitches to "sew" her son tightly because she was afraid that her son would not return home "late." Great maternal love is revealed naturally through the details in daily life. The first four sentences are drawn in line without any modification, but the image of the loving mother is truly touching.
The last two sentences, "Whoever speaks the heart of an inch of grass will reap three rays of spring light" are the author's direct expression of his heart and his heartfelt praise of maternal love. These two sentences use traditional metaphors: children are like mere grass, and maternal love is like spring sunshine. How can children repay their mother's love? The overwhelming contrast and vivid metaphors express the child's heartfelt love for his loving mother.
This is an ode to maternal love. When the poet was frustrated in his official career, he experienced the harshness of the world and suffered from poverty and sorrow all his life, so he became more and more aware of the value of family affection. "Poetry comes from the heart, and the heart often feels sad" (Su Shi's "Reading Meng Jiao's Poems"). Although this poem has no paintings or carvings, it is fresh and smooth, simple and bland, which shows the rich and mellow poetic flavor.
This poem artistically reproduces the ordinary and great human beauty that people feel, so it has won strong praise from countless readers for thousands of years. Until the Qing Dynasty, two poets in Liyang recited such verses: "The empty basket is full of father's letters, and the mother's thread lingers in my skirt" (Shi Qisheng's "Writing Hues"), "There have always been so many tears, all my hands are dyed in sewing" (Peng Gui "Jianchu's younger brother came to the capital to visit his relatives and was very happy"), which shows the deep impression this poem left on future generations.