1. Loyalty and filial piety
Shen Zhixu, a guard general in Daochuan, Hunan Province in the Ming Dynasty, had an only daughter named Shen Yunying. He has been smart and studious since he was a child, and learned martial arts from his father. Shen Yunying was only seventeen years old at the time because her father died on the battlefield while leading an army to meet a foreign army. She climbed up to a high place and shouted loudly: "Although I am a little girl, I will fight to the death to fulfill my father's legacy of defending the city." I hope all the soldiers and civilians will defend their hometown."
Everyone was deeply moved and vowed to regain the lost land. The siege was quickly lifted and victory was achieved. Shen Yunying found her father's body and cried loudly. All soldiers and civilians put on mourning clothes and attended the funeral.
The imperial court ordered Shen Zhixu to be promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and Shen Yunying was appointed guerrilla general to continue guarding Daozhou Prefecture. Later, people built a memorial temple for her to honor both loyalty and filial piety.
2. Huang Xiang warms the table
During the Han Dynasty, there was a person named Huang Xiang who was from Jiangxia (now Hubei). At just nine years old, he already knows how to be filial to his elders.
Whenever the hot summer comes, I fan my parents’ tent to make the pillows and mats cooler and avoid mosquitoes; when the cold winter comes, I use my body to keep my parents’ tent warm and comfortable. The quilt becomes warm so that parents can sleep warmly. Therefore, Huang Xiang's deeds spread to the capital, and he was known as "Unparalleled in the world, Huang Xiang in Jiangxia".
3. Deer’s milk for marriage
Zhou Yanzi had a filial character. Yanzi's parents are old and suffer from eye diseases in both eyes. The parents and the elderly want to eat deer milk, and the son is wearing deer skin and wants to blend in with the deer herd to get the milk. Once when he was collecting milk, he saw a hunter about to shoot a muntjac deer. Tanzi hurriedly lifted up the deer skin and walked out. He told the hunter about the fact that he had squeezed deer milk to treat his parents' illness. The hunter respected him as a filial piety and treated the deer I gave him my breasts and escorted him out of the mountain.
4. Returning home with the mother in the cage
Bao Chu, named Wenfang, was a native of Xinfeng in the Later Han Dynasty. He was born tall and filial. One day when he was not at home, a group of robbers kidnapped his mother. After hearing the news, Bao Chu was furious, picked up a knife and chased after him at all costs. He killed more than a dozen thieves along the way, and finally caught up with the robbers who robbed his mother. From a distance, he saw his mother and the neighbor's old woman tied together.
He roared and stepped forward. When the thieves saw that he was coming with a fierce and unstoppable force, they were so frightened that they fled for their lives. Bao Chu didn't care about chasing the enemy and ran straight forward, kowtow to plead guilty. Kneeling, he untied the ropes of his mother and the elderly neighbor, and freed them to go home. ?
Later, when war broke out, he accompanied his mother to take refuge in Nanyang. After the rebellion was put down, his mother wanted to return to her hometown. But the road was full of mountains and rivers, and it was difficult to carry the sedan chair. After much thought, Bao Chu made a bamboo cage, asked his mother to sit in the cage, and carried her back to his hometown.
5. Taste the decoction personally
In 202 BC, Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty. Liu Bang's fourth son Liu Heng, later Emperor Wen of Han, was a famous filial son. Liu Heng was very filial to his mother, the Queen Mother, and never neglected her. Once, his mother was seriously ill, which made Liu Heng anxious. His mother had been ill for three years and was bedridden. Liu Heng personally prepared medicinal soup for his mother and guarded her bedside day and night.
Every time I see my mother sleeping, I lie down next to her bed and sleep for a while. Liu Heng decoctions medicine for his mother every day. After each decoction, he always tastes it first to see if the medicine is bitter and hot or not. When he feels that it is almost done, he gives it to his mother to drink.