Stories of Ancient Chinese Civilization

1, Han Ming emperor respect teacher

Han Ming emperor Liu Zhuang do Prince, Dr. Huan Rong is his teacher, and later he succeeded as emperor "still respect Huan Rong to teacher gift. He had personally to the House of the Emperor, so that Huan Rong sitting east, set up a few staff, like the year of lectures, listening to the teacher's instruction.

He also called hundreds of officials in the court and students taught by Huan Rong to the Taishangfu, and performed the disciple salute to Huan Rong. When Huan Rong was sick, Emperor Ming sent people to pay special condolences and even visited him personally. Every time he visited his teacher, Emperor Ming got off his car and walked there as soon as he entered the street to show his respect. After entering the door, often holding the teacher's withered hand, silent tears, a long time to go.

The emperor of the dynasty to Huan Rong so, so "all the waiters, generals, doctors ask for illness, do not dare to return to the door in the car, all worship under the bed". When Huan Rong died, Emperor Ming also changed his clothes and personally mourned the funeral, and made proper arrangements for his children.

2, breastfeeding aunt not idle

Then, Cui Shannan's great-grandmother, Mrs. Chang Sun, old age, tooth loss, grandmother Mrs. Tang is very filial piety, every day, after washing, are on the hall with their own breastfeeding mother-in-law. After several years of this, Mrs. Chang Sun stopped eating other meals and remained healthy.

When Mrs. Changsun was seriously ill, she gathered the whole family together and said, "I can't repay my new wife's kindness, but I hope that her children and grandchildren will honor her as she honored me." Later, when Cui Shannan became a high official, he really honored his grandmother, Mrs. Tang, as Mrs. Changsun had instructed him to do.

3, lying on the ice to seek carp

Wang Xiang, his birth mother died early, and his stepmother Zhu repeatedly said bad things about him in front of his father, making him lose his father's love. His stepmother was sick, he was not dressed to wait, his stepmother wanted to eat live carp, at the right time when it was freezing cold, he unclothed lying on the ice, the ice suddenly melted on its own, jumped out of the two carp. The two carp suddenly melted on the ice, and his stepmother recovered from her illness.

4, Zeng Zi avoided the seat

Zeng Zi is a disciple of Confucius, once he sat next to Confucius, Confucius asked him: "The former sage king has the highest virtue, the essence of the theory of the subtle, used to teach the world of people, people can live in harmony, the king and the ministers of the king and there is no dissatisfaction between them, do you know what they are? "

When Zeng Zi heard this, he realized that his teacher, Confucius, was trying to point out the most profound truths to him, so he immediately got up from the mat on which he was sitting, walked outside of it, and respectfully replied, "I am not clever enough to know, so I beg you, teacher, to teach me these truths."

"Avoiding the mat" is a very polite behavior. When Zengzi heard that his teacher was going to teach him, he stood up and walked outside the mat to ask the teacher to teach him, in order to show his respect to the teacher.

5. Kong Rong gave up his pear

Kong Rong was smart and studious when he was a child, and at the age of four, he could already recite many poems and songs and knew the etiquette, and his parents loved him very much.

One day, his father bought some pears, specially picked the biggest pear to Kong Rong, Kong Rong shook his head, but picked the smallest pear and said tired: "I am the youngest, I should eat the smallest pear, you that pear to my brother." Father was very surprised to hear. Kong Rong let the pear story, soon spread all over Qufu, and has been passed down.

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