1. The Chairman’s toast
When Comrade Mao Zedong returned to Shaoshan in 1959, he specially invited the elderly among his relatives and friends to have dinner. He toasted the old people, and the old people said, "How dare you, Chairman, how dare you toast!" The Chairman immediately replied: "You should respect the elderly and the virtuous."
2. "Mother Sacrifice Essay"
< p>In 1919, Mao Zedong’s mother contracted mumps. Mao Zedong, who was studying in Changsha, rushed home after hearing the news, hoping to take his mother to the provincial capital for medical treatment. However, due to other complications, Mao Wenshi - Wen Qimei passed away. Mao Zedong was extremely sad and wrote "Essay on Sacrifice to Mother" and two spiritual couplets with tears and ink. One couplet is: "The grass still screams, infinite care, all the regrets need to be remedied; if you learn Buddhism forever, you can't live in the world, where can you find a kind face." The other couplet is: "The spring breeze leaves the south bank far away, the autumn rain Shaoshan sheds many tears." From these two couplets, we can see Mao Zedong's feelings about his mother's nurturing grace and express his filial piety to his mother.3. The Minister of Foreign Affairs washes diapers
It was the spring of 1962. Chen Yi returned to Sichuan with the Prime Minister on a foreign trip. He passed through Chengdu to visit his 80-year-old mother, who had just become incontinent. After the diaper change. Chen Yi picked up the diaper: "When I was a child, you washed my diapers countless times. Today, let me wash one diaper for you." Washing and washing, until the spring flowers nod their heads: the foreign minister washes diapers, and traditional virtues are passed down for thousands of years.
4. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty personally offered decoctions and medicines
Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Wen Dynasty was a relatively generous and promising feudal emperor. Because of his policy of "resting with the people", he once gave The society brought prosperity for a time. It is known as the "Government of Wenjing" in history.
Liu Heng was also a monarch who was filial to his mother. His biological mother, Queen Mother Bo, was sick. After handling the busy government affairs, he often stayed by his mother's bedside in person. During the three years of Empress Dowager Bo's illness, Liu Heng often couldn't sleep and couldn't take off his clothes. Emperor Wen had to taste the decoctions his mother took before letting the Queen Mother take them.
5. Commander-in-Chief Zhu is filial to his parents
Commander-in-Chief Zhu De’s filial piety to his parents is well-known. When he was at home when he was young, he respected Lao Shun very much for his parents. Folks often praise him highly. He later joined the army and became an officer, fulfilling his filial piety by sending gifts and money to his parents. After participating in the revolution, he became the general commander and commanded thousands of troops to fight against the enemy, but he still missed his relatives in his hometown. When he received the news of his mother's death, he was very sad and wrote the touching "Memories of Mother" to express his infinite longing for his mother.
6. Dedicate love to the elderly
Xi'an citizens Wang Zengwu and his wife have no children and have many inconveniences in their old and frail life. More than 600 girls in the health school take turns taking care of the old couple. They are determined to make them spend their old age happily just like they did their own parents.
Coincidentally, the Seventh Regiment of the Seventh Team of the Beijing Air Force Telecommunications Engineering College used their spare time to take care of the elderly Wang Chenghua and his wife for 16 years on a voluntary basis.
In the past 16 years, although the students in the seventh regiment group have changed one after another, the baton of love for the elderly has been passed down: the house where the elderly lived leaked, and the students contributed money and efforts to repair it. When the elderly were lonely, the practitioners assembled televisions and radios for them; when the elderly were sick, the practitioners sent them to the doctor, gave them medicine, and carried urine and feces; the practitioners took care of all the work such as buying rice, coal, and carrying water.