Motherly love is as ordinary and great as a thread, which nourishes every tiny part of our lives.

related ancient poem: Meng Jiao

I. full text:

the thread in the hands of a fond-hearted mother, makes clothes for the body of her wayward boy.

carefully she sews and thoroughly she mends, dreading the delays that will keep him late from home.

but how much love has the inch-long grass, won the third spring festival.

Second, interpretation:

A loving mother uses a needle and thread in her hand to make clothes for her long-distance son. Before he left, he sewed a needle tightly, fearing that his son would come back late and his clothes would be damaged. Who dares to say that a child's weak filial piety like grass can repay the kindness of a loving mother like Chunhui Puze?

This is an ode to a mother's love. Under the situation of frustrated official career, the poet has experienced the world's coldness and spent his life in poverty, so he feels the value of family ties more. "Poetry comes from the heart, and when it comes to sorrow for the heart" (Su Shi's Reading Meng Jiao's Poems). Although this poem has no algae painting and carving, it is fresh and smooth, simple and plain, which shows the rich and mellow taste of its poem.

A deep maternal love bathes children all the time. However, for Meng Jiao, a wanderer who has been displaced all the year round, the most memorable moment is the painful moment of separation between mother and child. This poem describes the ordinary scene of a loving mother sewing clothes at this time, but it shows the poet's deep inner feelings.

Extended information

Creation background

Ode to a Wandering Son was written in Liyang (now Jiangsu). Under the title of this poem, Meng Jiao made a note: "Ying Mu Li Shang Zuo." Meng Jiao was adrift in his early years and poor all his life. It was not until he was fifty years old that he got a humble position as a county commandant in Liyang, ending his years of wandering and living, and he took his mother to live with him. The poet's career was frustrated, and he experienced the coldness 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.

A deep maternal love bathes children all the time. However, for Meng Jiao, a wanderer who has been displaced all the year round, the most memorable moment is the painful moment of separation between mother and child. This poem describes the ordinary scene of a loving mother sewing clothes at this time, but it shows the poet's deep inner feelings.