The Original Text and Appreciation of The Wanderer Meng Jiao

Meng Jiao

The mother used the needle and thread in her hand to make clothes for her long-distance son.

Before leaving, I had a stitch for fear that my son would come back late and his clothes would be damaged.

Who can say that a filial child like the weak can repay his mother's love like the sunshine in spring?

Meng Jiao was born in poverty, lost his father in his early years and was brought up by his mother. Life is rough, and I have tasted the bitterness of the world for my livelihood. At the age of fifty, I became the captain of Liyang County. They often have no intention of official duties, but they still love mountains and rivers, so they are fined half a salary. Nevertheless, life finally settled down, so he immediately welcomed his mother to Liyang to save her morning drowsiness and repay her kindness. The language of this poem is natural and profound, revealing great maternal love.

You Zi Yin is a musical title in Yuefu. If you think deeply and feel sad, it is called singing. At the beginning of the poem, the specific moment when the mother and son are about to separate is reproduced in the way of memory, and the sincere feelings of the mother and son are described through ordinary sewing scenes. "The thread in the hand of a kind-hearted mother makes clothes for her wayward son." The poem leads to two characters and two things from two phrases. "Clothes" and "thread" are common things in daily life and have no special meaning. But in a specific context, once a specific "loving mother" and "wandering" are linked, the ruthless "clothes" and "lines" become tools to express feelings, and the connection between clothes and lines symbolizes the deep affection between mother and child. Next, she sewed carefully and mended it thoroughly, fearing that the delay would make him come home late. The first sentence is about the behavior of the loving mother, and the second sentence is about the intention of the loving mother. It is common for a mother to sew clothes for her son, but because it is "leaving", it has a specific connotation. The loving mother flew a needle to make luggage for her son, and her heart was naturally sad when she was separated soon. But the loving mother was silent and tearless, and poured her affection into thousands of needles. Looking forward to the return period without separation, the love between mother and child can be seen. Through the word "secret", the poem reveals the true feelings of the loving mother to her son incisively and vividly, but it is subtle and deep. Instead of writing thousands of instructions, it reveals the inner activities at this moment with concrete actions. Poetry, in this extremely simple language, stirs up a thousand waves with one stone, hits the hearts of every wanderer, produces endless associations and sounds between poetry and oneself, and arouses the world's attention to mother as soon as possible.

The whole poem is plain and sincere, and the last two sentences are eloquent. The warmth of the sunshine in March is hard to be repaid by the grass in spring, which is apt and touching. A loving mother's affection for her child is as deep as that of the spring sun to the grass, but how can a child repay her broad maternal love if she is as subtle as the grass? The poem begins with the word "who speaks", which means the opposite. It not only entrusts the wanderer with the same enthusiasm for the fire of loving mother, but also shows his infinite melancholy psychology that he is deeply unable to repay his mother's kindness. Feelings are pure, touching people's hearts and making people cry.

This poem expresses deep affection with faint line drawing. Through the comparison between common feelings and common things, the image is vivid and full of associations, resulting in true feelings. Through careful description, the author compares the deep affection between mother and son and the guilt between son and mother, and further praises the greatness of maternal love. Meng Jiao has been wandering all his life, but he can't repay his mother's kindness. His inner feelings are shaped in songs and poems, and one person's words tell the feelings of thousands of people. For thousands of years, "Ode to a Wanderer" has touched the heartstrings of many wanderers, which can be described as a farewell song throughout the ages.

Meng Jiao, Zhang Jie, first class poem. Only two poets in Tang poetry have the atmosphere of ancient Yuefu. But Zhang's poems are simple and easy to read, while Meng Jiao's poems are profound and difficult to read. Meng Jiao's works such as Ode to a Wandering Son, Lienvcao, Unfortunate Concubine, and Ancient Meaning are so accurate that people can't reach them. (Zeng "Zhou Zhai Shi")

Retired as a teacher, since Li Ao, Zhang Jie, Huangfu Shi generation are famous, but pushed Meng Jiao, for fear of friends. It is wrong to say that the world has no respect for people. ..... "Wandering Son" ... "Autumn Huai" ... Although the hero can't extricate himself when the world is competing for beauty, Meng Sheng is a bitter and inhuman language. He is deeply gratified by this, so why bother to respect it! (Following Liu Kezhuang's Poems of Houcun)

Renxiao is natural and elegant. (Zhong Ping) (Zhong Xing and Tan's "Poetry Return" Volume 31)

Meng Dongye is the most profound, such as "the thread in the hands of a loving mother ..." It is really advocated by the Six Classics and should be the first in the whole Tang Dynasty together with monster hunt. (He Shang, editor of Jiuyuan Poetry)