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 sentence has two meanings, namely:

1, the scope of human action is always limited, even if we are strong, some laws of the objective world will always be beyond our control. While doing our best, we also need to understand that we often have to learn to "know our destiny" and adjust ourselves to the world.

People's birth, aging, illness and death are also things that we can't control, so we should cherish time, be filial to our parents and cherish the people in front of us while our parents are still alive.

Extended data

The sentence "The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind will not stop, and the son wants to raise it, but not close" comes from the second volume of Confucius' Family Language. The eighth thought, the pre-Qin disciples: "If you are thick and friendly, you will lose three! The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind never stops. The son wants to raise and not stay. "

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.