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At home, when our parents call us, we should answer immediately as soon as we hear them, and don't agree slowly. When our parents want us to do something, we must act quickly and do not delay or be too lazy to do it. When our parents want us to learn well and teach us, we must be respectful and not casual. We must listen to what we say. When we make mistakes and our parents blame us, we should obey and bear our mistakes. We should not disobey them and make them sad.
As a child, you should pay attention to whether your parents are wearing warm clothes and whether the place they live in is warm in winter. In summer, consider whether parents feel cool. Every morning when you get up, you must visit your parents to ask if they are well; when you come back in the evening, you must also say hello to your parents. When you go out, tell your parents where you are going. When you get home, be sure to meet your parents to make them feel at ease. There is a certain order in daily life and rest, and they do not change casually what they are doing.
Although things are small, don’t make the decision without telling your parents. If you do it arbitrarily, it will undermine your duty as a child. Even though things are small, don’t hide them secretly behind your parents’ backs. Get up and be found out by your parents, they must be very sad.
Children should try their best to prepare all the things that their parents like, and carefully exclude the things that their parents dislike. If our body is hurt, it will definitely bring sorrow to our parents. If our character is lacking, our parents will feel humiliated and lose face.
Parents love and care for their children, and it is extremely natural for children to be filial to their parents. What is the difficulty in such filial piety? If our parents hate us, but they can still fulfill their filial piety with all their heart, that would be a rare thing. Most people always believe that children have the obligation to perform filial piety only after parents have given something to their children. How is this different from bargaining at the vegetable market?
When parents make mistakes, their children must advise them to make corrections. When admonishing, they must not keep a straight face or sound harsh, but their face should be gentle and cheerful, and their words should be soft and gentle. If parents do not accept our advice, then we should wait until the parents are happy before giving advice. If parents still stubbornly refuse to listen, a filial person cannot bear to see his parents fall into injustice, and may even burst into tears and beg his parents to change their ways, even if they are beaten by their parents without any complaints.
When parents have trouble When treating a disease, children must taste the prepared decoction first to see if it is too cold or too hot. No matter day or night, you should serve your parents, and you should not leave your parents too far away at will. When your parents are seriously ill, they need someone to take care of them the most, especially if their children can accompany them and take care of their daily lives. This is the warmest thing in the hearts of parents. with satisfaction. When our parents are dying and seriously ill, how can we, as children, give up this opportunity because we are busy with our careers or have no time?
When a parent unfortunately passes away, they must mourn for three years. During the mourning period, they often cry with sadness because they miss their parents. They also change their living place to be simple and give up the enjoyment of life such as drinking and eating meat. When handling the funeral of parents, one must follow the etiquette and not be sloppy. When offering sacrifices, one must be sincere. Treat your deceased parents with the same respect as you treated your parents when they were alive.
"Filial piety" Original text:
Don't slow down when parents respond, don't be lazy when parents teach, listen respectfully to parents' responsibilities, and obey them
Winter is warm Xia Zesheng, in the morning, when it is dark, it will be determined, and it will be reported, but it will be faced. There will be no change in the permanent business.
No matter how small the thing is, don’t be arrogant. Be good at doing things for your children. Even if the thing is small, don’t hide it privately. Don’t hide it privately. Heartbroken
My dear ones love me, my power is my dear, my dear ones hate me, I want to go away. It hurts my body, makes my relatives sad, hurts my virtue, makes my relatives ashamed
Why is it so difficult to love me and be filial? How can I be filial if I love you? A virtuous relative has remonstrated with me, and my appearance is more pleasant, and my voice is softer.
The remonstrance does not come in. I am happy to remonstrate, and I cry and follow the tart. I have no resentment. If my dear relative is sick, I taste the medicine first, and serve him day and night, never leaving the bed.
Mourning Three Every year, the house is full of sorrow, the wine and meat are gone, all rituals and sacrifices are done, and the dead are treated with sincerity.
Explanation of the word: Entering the filial piety is a Chinese word, pronounced as rù zé xiào, which is in "Disciple Regulations" excerpts.
It means: A person who is a younger brother or a son should be filial to his parents when entering the house.
Confucius said: "Disciples, be filial when you enter, be fraternal when you go out, be sincere and trustworthy, love others universally, and be kind. If you have enough energy to do, study literature."?
Translation: Confucius said: "Those who are younger brothers and sons should be filial to their parents when entering the home, obey their elder brothers when going out, be cautious and trustworthy at all times, love the public, and be close to the benevolent. After doing all the above points, if you have any remaining strength, Then you can study the Six Arts."
Explanation:
Filial piety is the foundation of Chinese culture. The ancients said: "Filial piety is the first of all virtues." If a person is filial, he has a kind and kind heart. With this kind heart, he can benefit many people.
Why do this? Confucius said: "It takes three years after a child is born to leave the arms of his parents. He can walk and eat on his own, which makes the parents feel a little relieved. As children, after the death of our parents, why can't we spend three years of mourning? I miss my parents all the time during the semester. Where do I miss my parents? "Parents are the closest to us in life and have the greatest kindness to us. Only by studying the etiquette of serving our parents and treating filial piety as a big business can we be based on it. Between heaven and earth. A loving father and a filial son may not necessarily make our family rich or have a garden or a villa to live in. However, filial piety can establish a natural and harmonious order and allow us to live in a peaceful and happy environment. If home is a person's fortress, filial piety is the cornerstone under the fortress. The more filial piety you have, the more protection your family will have. Let us use filial piety to make our family a fortress.
These rules in "Disciple Rules" may seem ordinary, but if we implement them seriously, they will bring joy to our parents. It's not something that can be compared to something sexual. Now we can cultivate such good words and deeds in our family, and there will naturally be unexpected gains in the future.
Appreciation of works:
The greatest joy is reading, and the most important thing is teaching children.
The book "Disciples' Regulations" is a code of living for schoolchildren. It was compiled based on the teachings of the most sage teacher Confucius.
First of all, in daily life, we must honor our parents and be friendly to our brothers and sisters. Secondly, we must be cautious and trustworthy in all our words and deeds. We must be equal and kind when interacting with the public, and we must always get close to those who are kind. Man, learn from him. The above things are the foundation of learning and must be done. If you still have some trouble after doing it, you should work harder to learn the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and art, various classics, and other useful knowledge.
The top ten filial sons in ancient China:
01 Filial piety moved Tian Shun
The legendary ancient emperor, one of the Five Emperors, had a surname of Yao, a given name of Chonghua, and a nickname of Chonghua. There is the Yu family, known as Yu Shun in history. According to legend, his father Gusou, stepmother, and half-brother Xiang tried to kill him many times: when they asked Shun to repair the roof of the barn, they set fire under the barn, but Shun jumped down and escaped with two bamboo hats in hand; when they asked Shun to dig a well, Gusou Sou and Xiang went down to fill the well, while Shun dug a tunnel to escape. Afterwards, Shun showed no resentment and was still respectful to his father and loving to his younger brother. His filial piety moved the Emperor of Heaven. When Shun was farming in Mount Li, elephants plowed the land for him and birds weeded for him. Emperor Yao heard that Shun was very filial and capable of handling political affairs, so he married his two daughters Ehuang and Nvying to him. After years of observation and testing, Emperor Yao selected Shun as his successor. After Shun ascended the throne as emperor, he went to visit his father. He was still respectful and made Xiang a prince.
02 Tasting the decoction personally, Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty Liu Heng
The third son of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was born to Empress Dowager Bo. He became emperor in the eighth year of his reign (180 BC). He was known all over the world for his benevolence and filial piety, and he never slacked off in serving his mother. His mother had been ill for three years, and he often couldn't sleep without blinking an eye or taking off his clothes. He personally tasted the decoctions his mother took before letting her take them with confidence. He reigned for 24 years, focusing on moral governance, promoting etiquette, and paying attention to the development of agriculture, which made the Western Han Dynasty stable, the population prosperous, and the economy recovered and developed. His reign with Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty is known as the "Government of Wen and Jing".
03 It hurts to bite one’s fingers Zeng Shen
Zeng Shen, courtesy name Ziyu, was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a favorite disciple of Confucius. He was known as "Zengzi" in the world and was famous for his filial piety. When he was young, his family was poor and he often went into the mountains to collect firewood. One day, a guest came to the house, and my mother was at a loss, so she bit her finger with her teeth.
Zeng Shen suddenly felt distressed. Knowing that his mother was calling him, he quickly returned home carrying firewood and knelt down to ask why. His mother said, "A guest came unexpectedly. I am biting my fingers in hope that you will come back." Zeng Shen then received the guest and treated him with courtesy. Zeng Shen was a man of profound knowledge and once proposed the self-cultivation method of "I should examine myself three times in a day" ("The Analects of Confucius·Xueer"). It is said that he wrote Confucian classics such as "Great Learning" and "The Classic of Filial Piety". Later Confucians respected him as "Zongsheng" .
04 A Hundred Miles of Lost Rice Zhong You
Zhong Yuan, also known as Zilu or Ji Lu, was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and a favorite disciple of Confucius. He was straightforward, brave and very filial. In his early years, his family was poor, so he often picked wild vegetables to make meals, but he carried rice home from hundreds of miles away to serve his parents. After the death of his parents, he became a high official and was ordered to go to the state of Chu. He was accompanied by hundreds of chariots and horses, and he had as much grain as ten thousand bells. Sitting on the folded brocade mattress and eating a sumptuous feast, he often missed his parents and sighed: "Even if I want to eat wild vegetables and carry rice for my parents, where can I get it again?" Confucius praised: "You Serving your parents can be said to be doing your best when you are alive, but you will miss them after you die." ("Confucius' Family Sayings: Thoughts")
05 Lu Yishun's mother Min Sun
Ziqian , a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, and a favorite disciple of Confucius. He was as famous as Yan Yuan among Confucius for his virtues. Confucius once praised him and said: "How filial, Min Ziqian!" ("The Analects·Advanced"). His biological mother died early, and his father married a second wife and gave birth to two more sons. His stepmother often abused him. In winter, his two younger brothers wore winter clothes made of cotton, but they gave him "cotton clothes" made of reed catkins. One day, when his father went out, Min Sun shivered due to the cold while pulling the cart, and dropped the rope. He was scolded and whipped by his father. The reed flowers flew out along with the broken seams, and his father knew that Min Sun was being abused. The father returned home and wanted to divorce his second wife. Min Sun knelt down and begged his father to forgive his stepmother, saying, "If I leave my mother, I will be the only one who suffers the cold. If I divorce my mother, the three children will suffer the cold." His father was very moved and agreed to his request. When his stepmother heard about it, she regretted her mistake and treated him like her own child from then on.
06 Deer Milk Blessing Tanzi
People from the Spring and Autumn Period. My parents are old and suffer from eye diseases, so they need to drink deer milk to treat them. He put on deer skin and went into the mountains, got into the deer herd, squeezed the deer milk, and offered it to his parents. One time when he was collecting milk, he saw a hunter about to shoot a muntjac deer. Tan Zi 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 gave him deer milk as a gift. , escorting him out of the mountain.
07 Playing and entertaining relatives Lao Laizi
In the Spring and Autumn Period, a hermit from Chu State, in order to avoid the chaos of the world, farmed at the southern foot of Mount Meng. He was filial to his parents and served them all the delicacies he could. He was still young at the age of 70. He often wore colorful clothes and played like a child with a rattle in his hand to make his parents happy. Once when he was delivering water to his parents, he fell when he entered the house. He was afraid that his parents would be sad, so he simply lay on the floor to study. The child cried while the elders laughed.
08 Sold himself to bury his father Dong Yong
According to legend, he was a native of Qiancheng (now north of Gaoqing County, Shandong Province) during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He lost his mother when he was young and moved to Anlu (now part of Hubei Province) to avoid the war. ). Later, his father died, and Dong Yong sold himself as a slave to a wealthy family in exchange for funeral expenses. On the way to work, I met a woman under the shade of a locust tree and said she was homeless. The two got married. The woman spent one month weaving three hundred pieces of brocade to pay off Dong Yong's debts. On her way home, she walked to Huaiyin and told Dong Yong that she was the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven and was ordered to help Dong Yong pay off his debts. After speaking, he flew away in the air. Therefore, Huaiyin was renamed Xiaogan.
09 Ding Lan was born in Hanoi during the Eastern Han Dynasty (today’s Henan and Yellow River North). Both his parents died when he was young. He often missed his parents’ upbringing, so he used The wood is carved into a statue of his parents, and everything is done as if it were real life. Everything is discussed with the wooden statue. He eats three meals a day after paying homage to his parents. He must inform his parents before going out and meet them when he returns home. He never slacks off. Over time, his wife lost respect for the wooden statue and curiously pricked the wooden statue's fingers with a needle, and blood flowed from the wooden statue's fingers. When Ding Lan came home and saw tears in the eyes of the wooden statue, he asked for the truth and then abandoned his wife.
10 Working as a servant to support his mother Jiang Ge
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a native of Linzi, Qi State. He lost his father when he was young and served his mother with great filial piety.
During the war, Jiang Ge fled with his mother on his back. He encountered bandits several times. The thieves wanted to kill him. Jiang Ge cried: his mother was old and had no one to support him. Seeing his filial piety, the thieves could not bear to kill him. Later, he moved to Xiapi, Jiangsu Province and worked as a hired worker to support his mother. He was poor and barefoot, but his mother had many needs. During the reign of Emperor Ming, he was promoted to be filial and honest, and during the reign of Emperor Zhang, he was promoted to be virtuous and upright, and he was appointed as a lieutenant general with five senses.