Lesson 18: Some poems about motherly love

1. My parents read it at that time, but you should know it today.

"The Poems of Yan Revealed to Liu Sou" by Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty

2. The white-headed old mother covered the door and cried, and rolled up the sleeves of her shirt and left them in place.

"Whose Son" by Han Yu of the Tang Dynasty

3. My love for my son is endless, and I will be happy to return home.

"Arriving Home at the End of the Year/Arriving Home at the End of the Year" by Jiang Shiquan of the Qing Dynasty

4. Pulling up the curtains to pay homage to the mother river and Liang, I am so worried that my eyes dry up with tears.

"Farewell to My Mother" Huang Jingren of the Qing Dynasty

5. It was a miserable snowy night in Chaimen. It was better to have no children than to have no children at this time.

"Farewell to My Mother" by Huang Jingren of the Qing Dynasty

6. Don't be happy if you have children, but don't lament if you don't have children.

"The Lost Son of Meng Dongye" Tang·Han Yu