He had been out for sixteen years without contacting his mother, wife and son.

一去十六載，妻子母相絕。

He barely managed to survive in a strange land, concealing his identity and passing every day in anxiety.  

他鄕且偷生，隱名日惶惶。

He had fled at once to far-away places after killing one of his neighbors by accident in a fight.

憶昔毆鄰死，亡命天一涯。

Taken into custody, he heard that his wife had married another man.  

伏法囹圄中，聞室有新夫。