Excerpts from the original text:
It is difficult to repay the kindness of parents, so I turned to filial piety early.
Explanation:
If you think about your parents' kindness carefully, you will never be able to repay them in this life. Go back to your parents as soon as possible.
2. [Tang]? Wang Wei's Garden Doctor (when he was a member of the Treasury Department)
Excerpts from the original text:
I am so glad that I am a fragrant master and serve the supreme, and I am ashamed that I have not thanked my master.
Explanation:
I am honored to work for the son of heaven, but I am ashamed that I can't repay your kindness.
3. [Tang]? Meng Jiao? the song of the homeless
Excerpts from the original text:
The mother used the needle and thread in her hand to make clothes for her long-distance son.
Before leaving, I had a stitch for fear that my son would come back late and his clothes would be damaged.
Who can say that a filial child like the weak can repay his mother's love like the sunshine in spring?
Explanation:
A loving mother makes clothes for her long-distance son with a needle and thread in her hand. Before leaving, he sewed a needle tightly for fear that his son would come back late and his clothes would be damaged. Who can say that a child's filial piety as weak as grass can repay the kindness of such a loving mother as Chunhui Puze?
4. [yuan] Qiu Chuji's "Reporting Teacher's Grace to Friends"
Excerpts from the original text:
If you don't care if you come, how can I repay your kindness for a lifetime?
Explanation:
In case my heart becomes heavy by then, how can I repay you in this life?
5. [Tang]? Liu Changqing's "Moving to Ezhou, Xianggu Building in Xianyang Pavilion"
Excerpts from the original text:
Ashamed of not reporting kindness, I dare to ask that the road is long and its Xiu Yuan is Xi.
Explanation:
How ashamed I am that I can't repay my kindness. I just hope that the road is long and Xiu Yuan is Xi.