You Zi Yin"
The loving mother's hand is on the middle line,
You Zi is wearing clothes.
Before leaving, there is a tight gap,
I am afraid that I will return late.
Whoever talks about the heart of grass will reap three rays of spring.
Author’s background
Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang Dynasty modern poet. His courtesy name was Dongye, a native of Wukang, Huzhou (now Deqing, Zhejiang). When he was young, he lived in Haoshan Mountain and was good friends with Han Yu. He lived in poverty all his life and was awarded Jinshi when he was nearly 50 years old. Meng Jiao's poems are famous for their cold and bitter sounds. He pursues unique ideas and a thin and hard language style, mostly expressing the poor life and experiences of the lower class people and himself. He is as famous as Jia Dao and is known as "Jiao Han Island Thin".
Annotation
Wanderer: A person who travels far away from home.
Fear: Worry.
Cuncao: small grass. Heart of an inch of grass: This refers to the heart of a wanderer.
Three Chunhui: The sunshine of spring. This is a metaphor for maternal love. Three springs, early spring, mid-spring and late spring, generally refer to the whole spring. Hui, sunshine.
Modern translation of ancient poems
The needle and thread in the hands of a loving mother, the clothes on a person who has traveled far away from home. When I was about to go on a long journey, I kept sewing closely, worrying that my son would be late in returning. Who said that the tenderness of young grass can repay the glory of spring?
Appreciation of famous sayings - "Who can say a word of grass and be rewarded with three springs of sunshine?"
Meng Jiao was awarded Jinshi at the age of 50 and became a lieutenant of Liyang County. Such a small official, After many years of wandering, he brought his mother to live with him. This poem was written at this time. The poem reveals the greatness of maternal love with an extremely common and typical life detail: the old mother used the needle and thread to mend the clothes for her son before he left. Because she was worried that her son would not come back for a long time, she sewed the stitches very finely, hoping that it would be strong. A little, a little stronger. A loving mother's love for her son is sewn into her clothes stitch by stitch, and follows her son thousands of miles away. This ordinary life scene full of family affection has been experienced by every one of us, so it can arouse the excitement of every reader and arouse all kinds of memories and attachments to our mother. Mother's love does not expect repayment, and its children can never repay it, because it is like the nurturing of the grass by the sunshine in spring, it is endless. The poetry has simple images, simple language, and profound and touching connotations, so it is popular among people and has been passed down through the ages.
Farewell to my mother
Putting a curtain on my mother's head and worshiping my mother, go to Heliang.
My eyes are dry with tears when I worry about it for a long time.
It is a miserable snowy night in Chaimen,
It is better to have children than not to have children at this time.
Showing old clothes
The 30-year-old silk robe still exists, although the collar is torn but still warm.
It is heavily sewn and cannot be removed lightly, and there are old thread marks on it.
"Sending Mother Back to Hometown"
I parked my car and looked around, making me a prisoner of Chu.
Sentimentality arose from it, and tears choked my throat.
My loving mother Fang is seriously ill and wants to see a famous doctor.
I am in a hurry to pick up the car, but God will not spare me!
If there is nothing in return for maternal love, what more can we ask for in life!
1. A thousand loves, a thousand kindnesses, a hundred hardships, who knows my parents who love me? "Children's Talk"
2. The white-headed old mother covers the door and cries, and rolls up the sleeves of her shirt. 〖Tang〗Han Yu
3. The thread in the hands of the loving mother, the clothes on the body of the wanderer. Before leaving, I was afraid of returning late. Whoever speaks of an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring light. 〖Tang〗Meng Jiao
4. A fetus in ten months is generous in kindness, but the repayment in three lifetimes is light. "Song of Encouragement to Filial Piety"
5. The mother calls the child to lie down when he is dry, but the mother sleeps wet when the child poops. "Song of Encouragement to Filial Piety"
6. The mother is suffering and the child is not seen, and the child is tired and the mother is uneasy. "Song of Encouraging Filial Piety"
7. My mother is one hundred years old and she often prays for her eighty-year-old son. "Song of Encouraging Filial Piety"
8. My father gave birth to me, my mother bowed to me, caressed me, livestock me, raised me, nurtured me, cared for me, and restored me. "The Book of Songs"
9. The prodigal son does not feel cold when the loving mother is in front of you. "Song of Encouragement to Filial Piety"
10. The mother's ceremonial bow is shining brightly, and the light in Wusu is silent at night. "Collection of Proverbs"
11. In the eyes of parents, children are always a part of themselves, and their children are opportunities for their ideal selves
12. I feel sorry for my parents, who worked so hard to give birth to me. . "The Book of Songs"
13. Without a father, who can be a parent, and without a mother, who can rely on? "The Book of Songs"
14. The only love in the world that has not been contaminated - that is maternal love. Ziyan
15. When you are successful, everyone is a friend. But only the mother - she is the companion in failure.
Zheng Zhenduo