From The Analects of Confucius, there is a Confucius who said, "He is also filial to others, but he is easy to make mistakes. It's not easy to make a mistake, but it's not easy to make a mistake. A gentleman's business is based on the foundation and the Tao is born. Filial piety is also the foundation of benevolence! "
Twenty-four Filial Pieties
1 Xiaogan Motivates Heaven
Shun, a legendary ancient emperor and one of the Five Emperors, was named Yao, Zhong Hua, nicknamed Yu, and was called Yu Shun in history. According to legend, his father, Gu Sou, his stepmother and half-brother tried to kill him many times: Shun set fire to the barn when he repaired the barn roof, and Shun jumped off with two hats to escape; When Shun dug a well, Gu Sou and Xiang Ke went down to fill the well, and Shun dug a tunnel to escape. After the event, Shun was not jealous, but still submissive to his father and loving to his younger brother. His filial piety touched the Emperor of Heaven. Shun cultivates in Lishan, the elephant cultivates the land for him and the bird hoes the grass for him. Emperor Yao heard that Shun was very filial and had the ability to handle political affairs, and married his two daughters, E Huang and Nv Ying. After years of observation and test, Shun was chosen as his successor. After Shun ascended the throne, he went to see his father, still respectfully, and made him a vassal.
2 personally taste the decoction
Liu Heng, the third son of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, was born to Empress Bo. Eight years after high school (the first 18) is the throne. In the name of benevolence and filial piety, he is well-known in the world and never slackens in serving his mother. His mother was ill for three years, and he was often out of sight and undressed; He didn't feel relieved to let his mother take the soup until he tasted it himself. He reigned for 24 years, emphasizing the rule of virtue, promoting etiquette, and paying attention to the development of agriculture, which made the western Han society stable, the population prosperous, and the economy restored and developed. His reign with Emperor Han Jingdi was known as "the rule of culture and scenery."
3 Bite refers to heartache
Zeng Shen, Zi Yu, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, was a proud disciple of Confucius. He was known as "Ceng Zi" in the world and was famous for his filial piety. When I was a teenager, my family was poor and I often went to the mountains to get firewood. One day, when a guest came to the house, my mother was at a loss and bit her finger with her teeth. Zeng Shen suddenly felt distressed. Knowing that his mother was calling him, he quickly returned home with firewood on his back and knelt down to ask why. Mother said, "A guest suddenly arrived, so I bit my finger and hoped you would come back." Zeng Shen then received the guests and treated them with courtesy. Zeng Shen, who is knowledgeable, once put forward the cultivation method of "I will save my body in three days" (The Analects of Confucius and Learning). According to legend, his works include Confucian classics such as Da Xue and Xiao Jing, and later Confucianism respected him as "Zongsheng".
4 Baili Minmi
Zhong You, Zi Zi Lu and Ji Lu, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, was a proud disciple of Confucius. He was straightforward, brave and very filial. In my early years, my family was poor, and I often picked wild vegetables to cook food, but I went home from a hundred miles away to serve my parents. After the death of his parents, he became a high official and was ordered to go to Chu, with hundreds of chariots and horses, and accumulated as much food as ten thousand minutes. Sitting on a piled brocade mattress and eating a sumptuous feast, he often misses his parents and laments, "Even if I want to eat wild vegetables, where can I get them again?" Confucius praised: "You serve your parents, which can be said to be your best when you are alive, but you miss them after you die!" (
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Lu Yishun's mother
Min Min, Zi Qian, a disciple of Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, was called Yan Yuan by virtue. Confucius once praised him and said, "filial piety, Min Zikai!" (Advanced Analects of Confucius). His biological mother died young, and his father married a second wife and gave birth to two sons. His stepmother often abused him. In winter, the two younger brothers wore winter clothes made of cotton, but they gave him a "cotton coat" made of reed flowers. One day, when my father went out, Min Min shivered because of the cold when he was pulling the car. He dropped the rope to the ground and was reprimanded and whipped by his father. The reed flower flew out with the broken seam, and his father knew that Min Min Min was abused. When father comes home, he wants to divorce his stepmother. Min Shen knelt down and begged his father to forgive his stepmother, saying, "I'm the only one who is cold when I leave my mother, and all three children will be cold when I divorce my mother." Father was very moved and obeyed him. When the stepmother heard about it, she regretted her mistake and treated him like a parent.
6 Deer milk is a close relative
Danzi, who was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. Parents are old and suffer from eye diseases, so they need to drink deer milk for treatment. He went into the mountains in deerskin, got into the deer herd, squeezed deer milk and offered it to his parents. When I was taking milk, I saw the hunter was about to shoot a muntjac deer. The scorpion quickly lifted the deerskin and walked out, telling the hunter the fact that the deer milk was squeezed as a medical treatment for his parents. The hunter respected his filial piety and gave him deer milk as a gift to escort him out of the mountain.
7 Play Color Entertains Parents
Lao Laizi, a hermit of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, cultivated himself at the southern foot of Mengshan Mountain in order to avoid the world chaos. He is filial to his parents, and chooses delicious food to offer to them. He is not old at the age of 7. He often wears colorful clothes and plays like a child with a rattle to make his parents laugh. Once he brought water to his parents, he fell down when he entered the room. He was afraid that his parents would be sad, so he simply lay on the ground and went to school. The children cried and the parents laughed.
8 Yong Dong sold himself to bury his father.
According to legend, he was a native of Qiancheng (now north of gaoqing county, Shandong Province) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He lost his mother and moved to Anlu (now Hubei Province) because of desertion. Later, when his father died, Yong Dong sold himself to a rich family as a slave in exchange for funeral expenses. On the way to work, I met a woman in the shade of a tree, claiming that she was homeless, and they got married. The woman wove 3 pieces of brocade in January to redeem Yong Dong's debts. On her way home, she went to Huaiyin. The woman told Yong Dong that she was the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven and was ordered to help Yong Dong pay her debts. Say that finish volley. Therefore, Huaiyin was renamed Xiaogan.
9 Carving wood is a pro
Ding Lan, according to legend, was born in Hanoi in the Eastern Han Dynasty (now in the north of Yellow River in Henan Province). His parents died when he was young. He often missed their parents' upbringing, so he carved a statue of his parents out of wood, and everything was discussed with the wooden statue. He ate three meals a day after honoring his parents. He must tell them before going out and meet them when he got home. He never slacked off. For a long time, his wife was not very respectful to the wooden statue, but curiously used the finger of the wooden statue to acupuncture, and the finger of the wooden statue actually had blood flowing out. Ding Lan came home to see the tears in the eyes of the wooden statue and asked for the truth, so she abandoned her wife.
1 maids serve their mothers
Jiang Ge, a native of Linzi, Qi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, lost his father as a teenager and served his mother with great filial piety. During the war, Jiang Ge fled behind his mother's back, and met bandits several times. The thief wanted to kill him. Jiang Ge cried: My mother is old, and there is no one to support her. The thief can't bear to kill him when he sees his filial piety. Later, he moved to Xiapi, Jiangsu, and worked as an employee to support his mother. He was poor and barefoot, and his mother needed a lot. When Ming Di was elected as Xiao Lian, Zhang Di was elected as a virtuous founder and served as a corps commander of the five senses.
11 Huaiju's legacy
Lu Ji, a scientist, was born in Huating (now Songjiang, Shanghai), Wu and Wu County in the Three Kingdoms period. At the age of six, he went to Jiujiang with his father Lu Kang to see Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu took out oranges to entertain him. Lu Ji hid two oranges in his arms. When he left, the oranges fell to the ground. Yuan Shu sneered, "When Lu Lang comes to my house, do you still have to hide the oranges of his master when you leave?" Lu Ji replied, "My mother likes oranges, and I want to take them back for her to taste." Yuan Shu was surprised to see that he knew how to be filial to his mother at an early age. After Lu Ji became an adult, he was knowledgeable and familiar with astronomy and calendar calculation. He once wrote "Huntian Map", annotated "Yijing" and wrote "Taixuan Jing Annotation".
12 Guo Ju, a native of Longxi (now Linxian County, Henan Province) in the Jin Dynasty, said that he was from wen county, Hanoi (now southwest of wen county, Henan Province), and his family was well-off. After his father's death, he divided the property into two parts and gave it to his two younger brothers. He took care of his mother alone and was extremely filial to her. After the family gradually became poor, his wife gave birth to a boy. Guo Ju was worried that raising this child would inevitably affect the support of his mother. He discussed with his wife: "The son can have another one, and the mother can't be resurrected after death. It is better to bury his son and save some food to support his mother." When they were digging a hole, they suddenly saw an altar of gold two feet underground, and wrote, "Guo Ju is a godsend, and the officials shall not take it, and the people shall not take it." Husband and wife get gold, go home to honor their mother, and have children at the same time.
13 Fan Pillow Wen Yi
Huang Xiang, a native of Anlu, Jiangxia, Eastern Han Dynasty, lost his mother at the age of nine, and his father was extremely filial. Fan a cool pillow mat for my father in cool summer; Warm your father's bedding with your body in the cold winter. When I was a teenager, I learned a lot of classics, and my literary talent was flying. In the capital, it was widely spread that "chinese odyssey, a yellow boy in Jiangxia". An Di (17-125) was then the satrap of Wei Jun (now Hebei), which suffered from floods, and Huang Xiang did her best to help the victims. He is the author of Jiugong Fu and Ode to the Crown of the Son of Heaven.
14 picking up different tools
Cai Shun, a native of Runan (now Henan) in the Han Dynasty, lost his father and his mother was very filial. At that time, it was the chaos of Wang Mang, and there was a famine, and the rice was expensive, so we had to pick up mulberries and mothers to satisfy our hunger. One day, I happened to meet the Red Eyebrow Army, and the rebel soldiers asked sharply, "Why do you put red mulberries and black mulberries in two baskets separately?" Cai Shun replied, "Black mulberries are for my mother to eat, and red mulberries are for myself to eat." The Red Eyebrow Army took pity on his filial piety and gave him three buckets of white rice and a cow to take back to his mother as a sign of respect.
15 Yongquan Yue Carp
Jiang Shi, a native of Guanghan, Sichuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, married Ponzi. Husband and wife are filial, and their home is six or seven miles away from the Yangtze River. Ponzi often goes to the river to get the Yangtze River water that her mother-in-law likes to drink. Mother-in-law loves to eat fish, so husband and wife often cook fish for her. Mother-in-law doesn't want to eat alone, so they invite her neighbors to eat together. Once, because of the strong wind, Ponzi came home late to fetch water. Jiang Shihuai suspected that she had neglected her mother and expelled her from the house. Ponzi lived in a neighbor's house, worked hard at spinning and weaving day and night, and sent the savings to his neighbors to honor his mother-in-law. Later, her mother-in-law learned about Ponzi's expulsion and asked Jiang Shi to invite him back. On Ponzi's return home, spring water suddenly gushed out of the courtyard, which tasted the same as the Yangtze River water, and two carp jumped out every day. From then on, Ponzi used these to worship his mother-in-law, so he didn't have to go far to the river.
16 Mourning Tomb of Wen Lei
Wang Pou, a native of Yingling (now southeast of Changle, Shandong Province) in Wei and Jin Dynasties, was knowledgeable and versatile. His father, Wang Yi, was killed by Si Mazhao. He lived in seclusion as a teacher and never sat facing the west for life, saying that he would never be a minister. His mother was afraid of thunder when she was alive and was buried in the mountains after her death. Whenever he heard thunder in stormy weather, he ran to his mother's grave, bowed down to comfort her and said, "Here's your son, mother, don't be afraid." When he was teaching, he often burst into tears and missed his parents whenever he read "Guo E".
17 Mammy is not lazy
Cui Shannan was born in Boling (now Hebei) in the Tang Dynasty, and was appointed as "Shannan" by the official. At that time, Cui Shannan's great-grandmother, Mrs. Grandson, was old and lost her teeth. Her grandmother, Mrs. Tang, was very filial. After washing her hands every day, she went to class to feed her mother-in-law. After several years, Mrs. Grandson stopped eating other meals and remained healthy. When Mrs. Grandson was seriously ill, she called the whole family together and said, "I can't repay the bride's kindness. I hope the bride's children and daughters-in-law will honor her as much as she did me." Later, Cui Shannan became a high-ranking official, and as expected, he respected his grandmother, Mrs. Tang, as instructed by his grandson.
18 lying on the ice seeking carp
Wang Xiang, a native of Langya, lost his biological mother early, and his stepmother Zhu repeatedly spoke ill of him in front of his father, which made him lose his father's love. When his parents were ill, he was undressed to wait on them. His stepmother wanted to eat live carp, and it was freezing in the cold. He unbuttoned his clothes and lay on the ice. Suddenly, the ice melted by itself, and two carp jumped out. After eating, the stepmother really recovered. Wang Xiang lived in seclusion for more than 2 years, and later worked as a big sinong, a common and a Qiu from wen county county magistrate.
19 mosquitoes are full of blood
Wu Meng, a native of Puyang in the Jin Dynasty, knew how to honor his parents when he was eight years old. The family is poor, there is no mosquito net, and mosquito bites make my father unable to sleep. Every summer night, Wu Meng always sits naked in front of his father's bed, letting mosquitoes bite him instead of driving him away, fearing that mosquitoes will leave him to bite his father.
2 Seize the tiger to save his father
Yang Xiang was born in Jin Dynasty. When I was fourteen years old, I went to the field with my father to cut rice. Suddenly, a tiger came running, threw his father down and took him away. Yang Xiang was unarmed. In order to save his father, regardless of his own safety, he quickly jumped forward and grabbed the tiger's throat with all his strength. The tiger finally put down his father and ran away.
21 crying bamboo gives birth to bamboo shoots
Meng Zong was born in Jiangxia during the Three Kingdoms period. His father died when he was a teenager, and his mother was seriously ill when she was old. The doctor told him to make soup with fresh bamboo shoots. It was winter, and there were no fresh bamboo shoots. Meng Zong had nothing to do, so he ran to the bamboo forest alone and helped the bamboo to cry. After a while, he suddenly heard a crack in the ground and saw several tender bamboo shoots growing on the ground. Meng Zong was overjoyed and picked it back to make soup. After drinking it, his mother really recovered. Later, he became an official.
22 Worried about the taste of dung
Yu Qian Lou, Gao Shi of Nanqi, was appointed as the order of Yiling County. Less than ten days after taking office, I suddenly felt frightened and sweaty, and I had a premonition that something was wrong at home, so I immediately resigned and returned home. When I got home, I learned that my father had been seriously ill for two days. The doctor said, "To know the good or bad condition, just taste the patient's feces, which is bitter." Qian Lou went to taste his father's excrement, and found it sweet. He was very worried. At night, he bowed down to the Big Dipper and begged to die for his father. A few days later, his father died, and Qian Lou buried his father and kept him there for three years.
23 Abandoning the official position and looking for his mother
Zhu Shouchang was born in Tianchang, Song Dynasty. At the age of seven, his biological mother Liu was jealous by his first mother (his father's wife) and had to remarry. For fifty years, the mother and son could not hear from each other. During the reign of God, Zhu Shouchang was an official in the DPRK. He once wrote the Diamond Sutra by stabbing blood and went around looking for his birth mother. After getting clues, he decided to abandon his official position and go to Shaanxi to look for his birth mother, vowing never to return until he saw his mother. Finally, I met my biological mother and two younger brothers in Shaanxi. Mother and son got together and returned together. At this time, my mother was over 7 years old.
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Huang Tingjian, a famous poet and calligrapher, was born in Fenning (now Xiushui, Jiangxi) in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although he is in a high position, he does his best to serve his mother. Every night, he personally washes the drowning device (toilet) for his mother, and every day he forgets his son's due duties.
The story of Yong Dong selling his body to bury his father's trip to Xiaogan is well known in Xiaogan. In fact, in this earlier historical and geographical document, Dong Xiaozi, who is related to Xiaogan County, is not Yong Dong, but a man named An Dong. More than 8 years ago, Wang Xiangzhi, a geographer in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a book "Ji Sheng in the Land", which recorded that "Xiao Chang County was built in the east of Anlu in the first year of Emperor Xiaowu's filial piety, and it was made famous by his dutiful son An Dong".
An Dong is a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his hometown is Cixi County, Zhejiang Province. An Dong's family is poor, and "the mother is filial, and there is no shortage of support, and her mother's face is fat and pleasing".
A neighbor, an official Wang, is unfilial when he sends his message to his mother. He is often hungry and looks haggard. One day, two old people were chatting, and the Queen Mother was very envious when she learned that An Dong was filial, so she told Naizi about it. Unexpectedly, Wang Ji not only refused to mend his ways, but thought that Dong Mu had stirred it up. Whenever An Dong went out, Dong Mu would be insulted. Soon after Dong's mother died of illness, An Dong finished the funeral, that is, he killed Wang Ji with a knife, paid homage to his mother with his head, and then tied himself to the official to make amends. Emperor Han and Emperor Shen know the details, and think that An Dong is a big dutiful son, and he is pardoned for his crimes.
After that, An Dong moved to Anlu County, Jiangxia County, and his hometown is near Wangdian Town, Xiaochang County, Xiaogan City. The Qing Emperor Kangxi's Xiaogan County Annals recorded that An Dong's tomb was located in "18 miles north of Xiaogan County". "Hubei Jinshilu" contains an inscription entitled "Tomb of An Dong, a dutiful son of the Han Dynasty" by Xu Hao, a senior official of the Tang Dynasty.