"Nine-year-old incense can warm the mat" comes from Wang Yinglin's San Zi Jing in the Song Dynasty, which means that Huang Xiang, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, knew how to honor his father and warm his bed when he was nine years old. This is what everyone who is filial to his parents should practice and follow. The specific story is as follows:
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Huang Xiang. His mother died when he was nine years old. Although he is still very young, he knows that children should be filial to their parents. In order to take care of her father, Huang Xiang stood by her father's bed with a fan in summer, cooled the pillows and cushions, drove mosquitoes far away, and then respectfully asked her father to rest.
In winter, when he is worried about his father's cold, he warms the quilt for his father. In this way, when Huang Xiang grew up, she was knowledgeable and became a pillar of the country, praised and loved by people. ?
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Life story of Huang Xiang
1. My dutiful son
Huang Xiang is a native of Anlu, Jiangxia. When his mother died at the age of nine, Huang Xiang missed him so much that he looked haggard and almost died, and was praised by the villagers as a dutiful son. When he was twelve years old, Liu Hu, the prefect of Jiangxia, heard about his deeds. Liu Hu called him to be an official in his own house and acted as an agent for Cao Li, a dutiful son. He loved and respected him very much.
Huang Xiang's family is poor, and there are no servants and handmaids at home. She takes care of the housework herself and cares for her elders wholeheartedly. And widely recite Confucian classics, and deeply seek to master moral scholarship and write good articles.
2. Xiao Xi bian Shi
In the 12th year of Yongyuan (1 years), Dongping and Qinghe reported that rumors of Qing Zhongliao and others misled people, and this case involved nearly a thousand people. Huangxiang played according to the facts, saving many lives. Mysteries about counties and countries are often handled lightly, and people's lives are cherished, for fear that they cannot be done. He is familiar with border affairs, and it is appropriate to dispatch military and political affairs.
Knowing that he worked hard for his country, He Di rewarded him many times, sent condolences when he was ill, and gave him medicine. Huang Xiang also recommended many talented people during his tenure, and Emperor He was very prized by him. Public opinion ridiculed him for being prized too much. ?
3. Exempted from official illness and death
In the first year of Yanguang (122), Huang Xiang was promoted to be the prefect of Wei County. The original garden fields in Wei County were often planted with people and harvested thousands of welcome grains a year.
In the same year, there was a flood in the county, and all the people fell into famine. Huangxiang gave all her salary and rewards to the victims, and the rich families also provided their own righteous valleys to make up for the lack of public loans to the victims, so the victims were saved. But not long after, Huang Xiang was dismissed from office because of the flood. A few months later, he died at home.