Tang Yuefu Meng Jiao
The thread in the hand of the kind mother, the clothes of the wanderer (1).
She sewed carefully and thoroughly for fear of staying late.
Who said that an inch of grass is a heart, and it is reported to be three spring rays!
Precautions:
1, vagrant: a person who travels far away. Yin said.
2, fear: worry.
3, inch grass: grass, metaphor drifting.
4. Sanchunhui: refers to the kindness of loving mothers. Sanchun: Spring lasts for three months. Formerly known as Meng Chun in the first month of the lunar calendar, mid-spring in February and Ji Chun in March; Hui, sunshine; Describe maternal love as the warm sunshine in spring.
5, return: come back, go home.
Translation:
The kind mother has a needle and thread in her hand.
In order to make new clothes for children who travel far away.
Before she left, she was busy sewing.
Worried that the child will come back late.
Who can say that a son is as filial as grass,
Can you repay the kindness of a loving mother like Chunhui?
About the author: Meng Jiao (75 1 ~ 8 14), a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Dongye was born in Wu Kang, Huzhou (now Deqing County, Zhejiang Province). He lived in poverty in his early years and moved to Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi and other places. At the age of 46, he became a sergeant, and in the seventeenth year of Zhenyuan (80 1), he became a captain in Liyang. In the early years of Yuanhe, Yinzheng Qing Yu, Henan Province, tried his best to help Lang Lang and settled in Luoyang for the land and water transportation in Henan. At the age of 64, he died of poverty and disease. Meng Jiao was down and out all his life, and his career was frustrated. His personality is withdrawn and straightforward, and he refuses to follow the crowd. He wrote in "A Gift for Zheng Da": "Heaven and earth are full of people's thoughts, and they are eager to create a storm. The article is very small and I cut the image. " Give full play to his creative thinking. His poems are famous for five ancient sayings, and he does not copy ancient sayings or abuse allusions. They are good at painting rather than superficial and mediocre, sweeping away the light poetic style since Dali. His representative works, Complaining for Women, Feeling and Wounded Spring, reflect the reality of the times. "Weaving women's poems" and "lyric poems of people in cold areas" that express people's sufferings; Wanderer and apricot funeral, which show the love of human relations and the affection of flesh and blood; Describe natural scenery, such as "traveling with the twelve-member Wang of Liuxi" and "Shi Laishi". Although the angles are different, they are all profound in thought and novel in writing, which embodies the characteristics of Meng Jiao's poems. Meng Jiao's works have been praised and criticized by different poetic circles. Meng's poems are bitter, and both he and Jia Dao are famous for their bitter songs. Su Shi called them "suburban thin", so later theorists called them representatives of bitter poets. Meng Jiao's poems are a kind of "harmony style", and Li Zhao, a native of the Tang Dynasty, said in Tang Shi Supplement that "learning stimulates Meng Jiao too much". Jiangxi Poetry School in Song Dynasty was also influenced by it. Song Qiumin, a poet in the Song Dynasty, catalogued Meng Dongye's poems, including 65,438+00 volumes, 565,438+065,438+0 poems, which were divided into four collections and four stores. 1959, People's Literature Publishing House published Hua Chen's Revision of Meng Dongye's Poems, with Meng Jiao's chronicle and memorial collection.
Comment: This is an ode to maternal love. This poem eulogizes the great beauty of human nature-maternal love.
In the first two sentences of the poem, the person written is mother and son, and the thing written is thread and clothes, but it points out the love of flesh and blood between mother and son. The two sentences in the middle focus on the actions and attitudes of loving the mother, showing the mother's deep affection for her son. Although there are no words and no tears, it is full of pure love, which is exciting and makes people cry. The last two sentences are the sublimation of the first four sentences. Using the metaphor of popular image, we pinned our fervent feelings on this naked child. How can we repay our children like maternal love and grass in spring?
With fresh, smooth, plain and plain language, the whole poem is full of rich and mellow poetry, which has touched the heartstrings of many readers for thousands of years and caused thousands of wanderers to sing.
Meng Jiao was down and out all his life, and he didn't get the humble position of Liyang County Commandant until he was fifty years old. Naturally, the poet did not care about such a small official, but still cared about mountains and rivers, while his official duties were neglected, and the county magistrate only paid him half a salary. Under this heading, the author notes that "Mu Ying Li Shang Zuo" is his work when he lived in Liyang. In the poem, an ordinary and great beauty of human nature, maternal love, is sung affectionately and truly, which has aroused the admiration of countless readers and won popularity for thousands of years.
Deep maternal love bathes children all the time. However, for Meng Jiao, a wanderer who has been displaced all the year round, the most unforgettable moment is the painful moment of separation between mother and child. This poem describes the ordinary scene of loving mother sewing clothes at this time, but it shows the poet's deep feelings. The first two sentences, "thread in the hand of a kind-hearted mother makes clothes for her wayward son's body", are actually two phrases, not two sentences. In this way, from people to things, the two most common things are highlighted, and the love of flesh and blood between mother and son is written. Then write two sentences about people's actions and attitudes, focusing on loving mothers. At this moment before departure, the old mother's stitches were so thin that she was afraid that her son would not come home for a long time and would sew the clothes more firmly. In fact, the old man's heart is not eager for his son to return safely at an early date! The affection of loving mother is revealed in the most subtle places in daily life. Simple and natural, kind and touching. There are neither words nor tears here, but a feeling of pure love overflows from this common scene, touching the heartstrings of every reader, making people cry and evoking the cordial associations and deep memories of children all over the world.
The last two sentences, based on the intuition of the parties, dig out the deep meaning of the next layer: "But how much affection there is in an inch of grass, I got three spring rays." Who said that? Some versions are Who knows and Who will, but it is best that Who said that according to the poem. The poet's rhetorical question is particularly meaningful. These two sentences are the sublimation of the first four sentences, the contrast of popular images, and the warm affection for children: how can a child like grass repay his mother's love as rich as the sunshine in spring? It really means "I want to repay kindness, I am very confused", and the feelings are so sincere and sincere.
This is an ode to maternal love. The poet, frustrated in his official career, experienced a cold world and a sad life, so he felt the value of family more and more. "Poetry comes from the heart, and when it comes out, it worries" (Su Shi reads Meng Jiao's poems). Although this poem is not carved with algae paintings, it is fresh, smooth and unpretentious, which shows that its poetic flavor is rich and mellow.
This poem was written in Liyang. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, two Liyang people sang such a poem: "My father's book is full of baskets, and the car is still lingering" (Shi Qisheng's "Writing My arms"); "How many tears have I shed, how many hands have I dyed, and how many clothes have I sewed" (Peng Gui's "My little brother came to the capital and felt very happy"). It can be seen that the deep impression left by Ode to a Wanderer is enduring.