This sweater was knit by my mother — truly ‘the clothing on the wanderer's body.’
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From Meng Jiao 孟郊's Tang 《游子吟》: ‘慈母手中线，游子身上衣。临行密密缝，意恐迟迟归。’ (Thread in the loving mother's hand becomes clothing on the wanderer's body; stitch by stitch before he leaves, fearing his return may be long.) A canonical poem of maternal devotion.
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Always quoted together with 慈母手中线. 游子 = a son away from home — still a vivid term for anyone studying or working far from their parents.
