The meaning of the poem "Wandering Son's Song" is: A loving mother uses the needle and thread in her hands to make clothes for her son who is traveling far away. Before leaving, I sewed it stitch by stitch, fearing that my son would come back late and the clothes would be damaged. Who dares to say that children with filial piety as weak as Xiaocao can repay the kindness of Chunhui Puze?

Yin of the Wandering Son

Author Meng Jiao? Dynasty Tang Dynasty

The thread in the hands of the loving mother, the clothes on the body of the wandering son.

Before leaving, I am worried that I will return later.

Whoever speaks an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring.

Creative background

"Wandering Son Yin" was written in Liyang (now Jiangsu). Meng Jiao's own annotation under the title of this poem: "Composed to welcome his mother in Li." Meng Jiao was homeless in his early years and lived in poverty all his life. It was not until the age of fifty that he got the humble position of a Liyang County captain, ending his long-term career. Living a wandering life, he took his mother to live with him. The poet was frustrated in his official career and experienced the harshness of the world. At this time, he realized the value of family affection more and more, so he wrote this heartfelt and deeply touching poem in praise of his mother.

Appreciation of "The Wandering Son"

This is "The Wandering Son" written by the poet Meng Jiao of the Tang Dynasty. It is an ode to maternal love. It places the great maternal love of mankind in a specific artistic atmosphere. , promote and praise it, and make it popular among the people.

Meng Jiao lived in poverty and poverty all his life, and did not get the humble position of Liyang County Captain until he was fifty years old. This poem was written when he was an official in Liyang. Deep maternal love bathes her children all the time. However, for Meng Jiao, a wanderer who often wanders around and has no fixed place to live, the most memorable thing is the painful moment of separation between mother and son. This is what this poem writes. At that time, it was an ordinary scene of a loving mother sewing, but it showed the poet's deep inner emotions.

This is a Yuefu-style poem. The poet captures a moment in life and uses concise language to outline the scene of a loving mother sewing clothes for a wanderer, expressing the wanderer's deep feelings of missing his hometown and relatives. The whole poem is simple, plain and sincere, which has touched the heartstrings of many readers and caused thousands of wanderers to scream. Especially the two lines "Whoever speaks from the heart of an inch of grass will receive three rays of spring" have become famous sayings that have been passed down through the ages. sentence.

The first couplet, "Youzi", originally refers to a guest traveling far away. "Historical Records" "The wanderer mourns his hometown". Perhaps the loving mother thought of the wanderer's hard work, the pain of wind and frost, and the sadness of loneliness. In this way, there seems to be a faint layer of sadness at the beginning of the poem. In addition, as far as Tang poetry is concerned, "wandering son" can also refer to those who traveled far away from home. Since the Tang Dynasty, when schools were opened to recruit scholars, wanderers were constantly on the road, wandering around, suffering from hunger and cold, and suffering hardships. "In ancient times, if there were no names, the roads would be uneven."

Based on his personal experience and feelings, the poet condensed and transferred the misery and sadness of the wanderers, and reflected the real life of intellectuals at that time in a tortuous way, giving the poem social significance.

The second couplet focuses on the movements and attitudes of the loving mother, showing the mother's deep love for her son. Although there are no words or tears, it is full of pure love, gripping and making people cry. The poet used reasonable imagination to reveal the connotation of a loving mother's love. It turned out that the densely flying needles and threads on the wandering clothes that came to sew were actually the strands of loving mother's love.

"A wanderer has no cold clothes" and "A wanderer will be in the dark" may be the connotation of a loving mother's love "I fear she will return later". "Short chapter implication" ("Baishi Taoist Poems") is the birth of poetry and the sublimation of artistic conception.

The last couplet is derived from "The virtues that are desired to be repaid, Haotian is extremely indifferent", but compared with the original poem, it is more accurate, the contrast is stronger, and the image is more vivid; and "The wanderer does not talk about suffering, "Letter from home, Dan Yun'an", what we need to get rid of and give up is the misery and sorrow, and move forward despite difficulties, forge ahead with determination, hoping to repay the kindness in case of any eventuality. For more appreciation of Tang poetry, please pay attention to the 300 Tang Poems column of "Xi Gutang Chinese Studies Network".