A poem describing that filial piety cannot wait. ...

The tree wants to keep quiet, but the wind will not stop; My son wants to serve his parents when they are old, but they are gone.

Vernacular translation:

The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind keeps blowing it. When children are filial, the old man is gone!

Analysis:

The tree wants to be still, but the wind keeps blowing its branches and leaves. Trees are objective things, and the wind is the time that keeps passing. Metaphor means that the passage of time does not end with one's own will. It is often used to sigh that when the son of man wants to be filial to his parents, his parents are already dead.

This article is based on Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Extended data derived meaning:

1, indicating that objective things are not transferred by people's subjective consciousness, or metaphorically speaking, the situation is contrary to people's wishes.

2. When I used to sigh that my children should be filial, my parents had passed away. This is a metaphor for the helplessness of losing parents, which embodies the concept that filial piety is the first of all virtues. Later generations used "the sorrow of the wind tree" as a metaphor for the pain of bereavement.

Appreciate:

This is what Qiu Wuzi said to Confucius, aiming at promoting Confucian filial piety. This is a warning to filial sons from the opposite side, explaining that filial piety should be timely, and when parents are alive, they can't wait until the day their parents die. Later, the metaphor of "the tree wants to be quiet but the wind will not stop" is an objective law that does not depend on people's subjective wishes. It is also used to indicate that one party wants to stop doing something, but the other party won't let it stop. Doing something here generally means injustice.