Filial piety, as its name implies, is a book about filial piety, honoring parents and elders. Filial piety is our traditional virtue, which is put forward in the book filial piety.
There are many stories about filial piety. There are two famous stories that are very interesting.
1 The story is about the filial piety emperor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After his father died, Emperor Xiao didn't cry at all. At that time, many ministers couldn't stand it anymore, so they asked Xiao Di why he didn't cry. Emperor Xiao Wu said that if you are extremely sad, you will naturally cry, but now you have not reached that level and you can't cry often.
Therefore, Liang Wudi's filial piety is also described as unfilial, giving people a hypocritical image.
Another story is about "reciting filial piety books and returning the yellow turban insurrectionary".
In the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Xu Xiang. He is upright and capable. Later, the Yellow turban insurrectionary revolted all over the country, and the government needed to send troops to crusade, but Xu Xiang said that there was no need to send troops. Others are confused. He explained that if someone was invited to read the book of filial piety in the north of the Yellow River, the thief would naturally retreat.
However, a eunuch named Wang took this opportunity to incite Xu to recite the Book of Filial Piety in order to retreat from the Yellow Scarf Army. Suppose he doesn't want the imperial court to send troops to wipe out the Yellow Scarf Army, which means that he is in collusion with the Yellow Scarf Army, so he was put in prison.
Although Xu Xiang's idea may sound absurd, it is inevitably exaggerated. But it is undeniable that the Book of Filial Piety has a certain position in the hearts of the broad masses of the people in history.
On the contrary, today, although we usually talk about the virtue of filial piety, many times, especially today's children, the word "filial piety" is not clearly reflected. I almost lost this virtue.
Of course, the reason is nothing more than everyone's difficulties and lack of economy. In this materialistic era, young people earn money outside, only enough to support their families, and time is pressing. They are also financially stretched and unable to do so. If they want to be filial, they must first have strength, otherwise it will be useless.
For children's education, filial piety must run through. Now there is a popular saying in society that when a woman reaches marriageable age, if she chooses an object, it depends on her personality. Whether his character is good or not depends mainly on whether he is filial to his parents and elders.
Of course, the filial piety mentioned here is positive, not unprincipled, which is not desirable.
Old people have long summed up their experience, have their own positioning, have their own backbone, and are also very filial to their families. Such people are often not bad in character.
Some people may say that some people are mean to others and do everything they can, but they are very filial to their families.
In fact, filial piety is a broad measure of a person's character. He is not only kind to his family, but also has some respect for his elders outside his family. Such filial piety is the real filial piety.
Selective or unprincipled unfilial is not true filial piety.
The Three-Character Classic places special emphasis on the Classic of Filial Piety and encourages children to learn this book.
However, the words of the Book of Filial Piety have not always been respected, just as the Book of Filial Piety is sometimes despised.
As for us modern people, when reading classic books, we should have an attitude of taking the essence and discarding the dross, which is positive and positive. We can learn from it and carry it forward. And the backward knowledge that limits people's thinking can be discarded.
People should keep learning and strive to expand their knowledge, so that our knowledge will become richer and richer, keep pace with the times and not fall behind.