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☠️ Wen Kexing Poetry Analysis Episode 4 - “when one wants to be filial to their parents, it’s already too late” - thread

☠️ two interpretations, foreshadowing
The scriptwriter is a genius lmao

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This line comes from “Confucius’s Family Volume 8” (孔子家语卷二 ·致思第八). It can be interpreted as such

树欲静而风不止
‘the trees wish to stop but the winds keeps rustling the leaves.’
(The trees represent objectivity, the winds symbolise the passing

of time)

子欲养而亲不待
When one wants to be filial to their parents, their parents have already passed on.

世间事多半都是这样的。
The world is unpredictable, this is how it is.

This poem has two meanings
The first meanings - being objective does not take into account one’s feelings. Hence, being objective might not be aligned with one’s feelings
The second meanings - when one wants to be filial to their parents, but their parents are already gone.

This line is frequently used to emphasise the importance of filial piety. Subsequently, “风树之悲 (the sadness of the winds and trees)” is used to describe the passing of a parent.

⏳ Again, the scriptwriter is using this as a form of foreshadowing using both interpretations.

⏳The first meaning could be a reflection of wkx’s state of mind when he discovers that zzs is dying. (Ie. objectively he shouldn’t be attached to a dying man.).
⏳The second meaning could be a reflection of his feelings towards his own family.

Reference
baike.baidu.com/item/树欲静而风不止，子欲养而亲不待/1954860

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