Wandering Son is a five-character poem written by Meng Jiao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This is an ode to maternal love. The whole poem consists of six sentences and three crosses. By recalling a seemingly ordinary scene of mending clothes before he left, he highlighted and praised the greatness and selflessness of maternal love, and expressed the poet's gratitude for maternal love and deep love and respect for his mother.
This poem is sincere and natural. Although there is no algae painting or carving, its fresh, smooth, simple and plain language contains rich and mellow poetry, which has been widely read for thousands of years.
Ode to a Wandering Son was written in Liyang (now Jiangsu). Under the title of this poem, Meng Jiao made a note: "Mu Ying Li Shangzuo." Meng Jiao drifted in his early years and was poor all his life. Until he was fifty years old, he got a humble position as a county commandant in Liyang, and ended his years of wandering life. He lived with his mother.
The poet's career was frustrated and he experienced the indifference of the world. At this time, he felt the value of his family more and more, so he wrote this heartfelt and touching poem praising his mother.