The story of virtue, an ancient China tradition.

Twenty-four filial piety _ both loyalty and filial piety

In the Ming Dynasty, the prefect of Hunan sank to Xu, and he had an only daughter named Shen Yunying. Smart and studious since childhood, I learned a good martial arts from my father. Because his father led the soldiers to sudden death on the battlefield, Shen Yunying was only 17 years old. She climbed to the heights and shouted, "Although I am a little woman, I will die to fulfill my father's legacy of guarding the city.". I hope that all the soldiers and civilians will defend their hometown. " Everyone was deeply moved and vowed to recover lost ground. The siege was quickly lifted and victory was achieved. Shen Yunying found his father's body and cried loudly. All the soldiers and civilians put on mourning clothes and attended the funeral. The imperial court appointed Shen as the deputy governor, appointed Shen Yunying as the guerrilla general, and continued to guard the Daozhou government. Later, people built a memorial hall for her with both loyalty and filial piety. There is a poem that says:

The new army besieged the city and surrounded the righteous soldiers, and Emei was Khan Ma Qingcheng; Father hates the snow, but the name of loyalty and filial piety lasts forever.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Looking at the clouds and thinking of relatives

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Di, who grew up in a poor family and was diligent and eager to learn, and later became a prime minister. He is an upright official and a benevolent man, and he is respected by the government and the public. One of his colleagues, when he was sent to the frontier by a letter, his mother was seriously ill. It will be sad if she leaves like this and can't wait on her. After Ren Jie knew his painful feelings, he hereby asked the emperor to reassign others. One day, Ren Jie went out on patrol and passed by Taihang Mountain. He climbed to the top of the mountain and looked down at the clouds. He said to his entourage, "My relatives live under the white clouds." Wandering for a long time, I didn't leave, and I couldn't help but shed homesick tears. There is a poem that says:

I miss my family in the morning and evening, and I often cry when I climb the mountain. Being in the prime minister's country is still filial, and I am worthy of being a minister for the people.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Writing to Save Father

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, there was a man named Chunyu Kun, who learned superb medical skills under Qing Yang, a famous doctor in Qi State, and once worked as a warehouse keeper in Qi State. After his teacher died, he gave up his official position to practice medicine. Because of honest and frank's personality, he offended a terrible person when he was practicing medicine, which led him to be framed and taken to Beijing for punishment. His daughter's name is Ti Ying. Although she is a weak woman, she went to Chang 'an to complain to the emperor. She stated the harm of corporal punishment, and explained her father's honesty and love for the people when he was an official, and his kindness to the world when he practiced medicine. Now he's really being framed. Willing to accept punishment for my father. Deeply moved by Ti Ying's filial piety, Wendi pardoned her father and issued an imperial edict to abolish corporal punishment. There is a poem that says:

I went to Beijing with my father through hardships, and I am eager to write a letter. Imperial Amnesty became filial piety, and corporal punishment was abolished for the benefit of future generations.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Wearing colorful clothes to support parents

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Yang, who was very poor, but very filial, and supported his parents by begging. So people call him Yang Qi. All the food he asked for was taken home to his parents. His parents didn't taste it. He was hungry and didn't dare to taste it first. If there is wine, kneel down and hold it to your parents. When your parents take the cup, they will get up and sing and dance like children, which makes your parents very happy. Some people sympathize with his poverty and suggest that he work for others and support his relatives with his income. Yang Qi replied, "My parents are old. If they work for others and are too far away from home, they cannot serve them in time. " The listener thinks he is really a dutiful son. Later, when his parents died, he begged for a coffin burial. On the first and fifteenth day of the first month, I went to the grave with food to cry and sacrifice. There is a poem praising Yue.

Begging for wine, respecting relatives, singing and dancing to learn the charm; Entertainment makes people laugh, and the spring breeze keeps blowing around the room.

Twenty-four filial piety _ crying bamboo gives birth to bamboo shoots

In the Three Kingdoms, there was a dutiful son named Meng. He lost his father when he was a child and his family was poor. Mother and son live together. When she grew up, her mother was old and sick. Whatever his mother wants to eat, he tries his best to satisfy her. One day, my mother was very ill and wanted to eat bamboo shoots to make soup, but it was winter and it was snowing heavily. Where do bamboo shoots come from? He was helpless and couldn't think of any good way, so he ran to the bamboo forest and cried bitterly. I cried for a long time, but I felt hot all over and the wind was very hot. When he opened his eyes, the surrounding snow and ice melted and the vegetation changed from dry to green. Then he looked carefully and found that there were many bamboo shoots around him. His filial piety touched the world. He let his mother eat bamboo shoots, and she recovered. There is a poem that says:

Tears dripping in the cold wind, rustling bamboo; In a little while, the winter bamboo shoots will come out, and God will bring peace.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Fighting Tiger to Save Father

During the Jin Dynasty, there was a dutiful son named Yang Xiang. At the age of fourteen, he often followed his father to harvest crops in the fields. One day, suddenly a tiger took his father away. At that time, Yang Xiang was unarmed, but he deeply knew that he had to save his father, so regardless of his own danger, he immediately climbed up the tiger's back and held the tiger's neck tightly. The tiger finally let go and ran away. His father escaped from the jaws of death and saved his life. There is a poem that says:

The mountains meet the white forehead and struggle against hurricanes; Father and son are safe and sound, out of the jaws of death.

Twenty-four filial piety _ deer milk serves relatives

During the Zhou Dynasty, there was a man named Zanzi, who was very filial from an early age. His parents are old, both have eye diseases and want to eat deer milk. Tanzi thought hard and finally came up with a solution. So he put on deerskin and went to the deer in the deep mountains, hoping to get deer milk to worship his parents, but he was not found by hunters. Just as the hunter raised his bow and arrow to shoot him, he hurriedly shouted, "I put on deerskin to get deer milk for my parents with eye diseases, and mix it with deer to get deer milk." "The hunter knew it wasn't a deer, so he put down his bow and arrow and didn't shoot him. He was amazed at his filial piety. There are poems praising yue:

Dear old deer milk, wearing a brown sweater; If you don't talk loudly, the arrow will return in the mountain.

Twenty-four filial piety _ cage negative mother return

Bao Chu, the word study room, Xinfeng people at the end of Han Dynasty. He was born tall and filial. One day, when he was not at home, a group of robbers took his mother away. Bao was furious and rushed to Chu Jun. He grabbed a knife and ran after it. Killed more than a dozen thieves along the way, finally caught up with the robber who robbed his mother and saw her tied up with the neighbor woman in the distance. With a loud roar, he pushed forward. The thieves saw that he was fierce and unstoppable, and they were scared to flee. Baochu forgot to chase the enemy and ran straight ahead, kowtowing and confessing. Kneeling to untie my mother and old neighbors and liberate them to go home. Later, when the war broke out, he served his mother and took refuge in Nanyang. When the thief is pacified, the mother misses her hometown. However, the sedan chair is difficult to walk on the road. Bao thought for a long time, made a bamboo cage, let his mother sit in it and took her home. Later generations have poems to praise:

Saving the mother is treading on thin ice, and Qian Shan Wanshui shoulders it carefully; More risks benefit perseverance, and filial piety is unparalleled.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Abandoning Officials and Serving Parents

Pan Yue, a native of Zhongmou, Xingyang, whose name was Anren, was then the magistrate of Heyang County. He is very filial. After his father died, he took his mother to work anywhere. He likes planting flowers and trees. Over time, all the peaches and plums he planted have become forests. Every year when the flowers bloom, he always chooses a sunny day to help his mother enjoy the flowers in the forest. One year, my mother was ill and wanted to go home. When Pan Yue learned of his mother's wish, he immediately resigned and went back to his hometown to commemorate his mother. Shangguan repeatedly retained. He said, "What kind of son am I if I am greedy for money and don't listen to my mother?" Shangguan was moved by his filial piety and allowed him to resign. After returning home, his mother recovered. When the family is poor, he grows vegetables and sells them, and then buys back the vegetables that his mother loves. He also feeds a flock of sheep and milks his mother every day. Under his careful care, my mother spent her old age peacefully. The poem says:

Abandon the official from the mother's filial piety and return to the sheep to plow the field; In order to nourish mother and restore future happiness.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Single Clothes and Shun Mothers

The Zhou Dynasty was a dutiful son. When his mother died young, his father pitied him for lack of food and clothing, so he married his stepmother to take care of Min Zikai. A few years later, the stepmother gave birth to two sons, and the children gradually became cold. One year, winter came and dad didn't come home. My stepmother is eccentric in making cotton-padded clothes, while her son uses thick cotton wool and his son uses reed tidbits. One day, my father came back and asked Zi Qian to help pull the cart out. It was cold outside and his clothes were cold, but he put up with it silently and said nothing to his father. Later, the cotton cloth on Zi Qian's shoulder was worn out by the rope. When the father saw the reed flowers in the cotton cloth, he knew that his son was abused by his stepmother and would divorce his wife when he came home. Min Zikai saw her stepmother and two younger brothers crying. They were inseparable, so she knelt down and begged her father to say, "If mom is alone, she will get a little cold;" If the mother is thrown out, all three children will catch a cold. "Zi Qian's filial piety touched her stepmother and made her repent. Since then, mother and son have been filial and happy. There are poems praising yue:

Min has a good husband, who once complained about his stepmother; The mother stood in front of the car and the third son was protected from the wind and frost.

Twenty-four filial piety _ selling one's body to bury one's father

There was a famous dutiful son named Dong Mingyong in the Han Dynasty. His family is poor. After his father died, Yong Dong had no money for the funeral, so he had to borrow money from the landlord to bury his father. After the funeral, Yong Dong went to the landlord's house to work and pay back the money, and met a beautiful woman on the way. Stop Yong Dong from proposing to Yong Dong. Yong Dong remembered that he was penniless and owed money to the landlord, so he refused. The woman stopped and said that she didn't love money. She loves him only because of his good character. Yong Dong was helpless and had to take her to the landlord's house to help. That woman is clever and weaves like a fly. She worked day and night, and it took only one month to weave 300 feet of fine silk and pay off the debts of the landlord. On the way home, when they came to a locust tree, the woman said goodbye to Yong Dong. According to legend, this woman is the seven fairies in the sky. Because Yong Dong was kind-hearted, the seven fairies were moved by his filial piety and came down to help him. There is a poem that says:

Bury my father, lend it to Kong brothers, and meet strangers; Weaving thread to pay off debts, filial piety touches the sky.

Twenty-four filial piety _ taste soup medicine

In 202 BC, Liu Bang established the Western Han regime. Liu Heng, the third son of Chinese Emperor Liu Bang, is a famous dutiful son. Liu Heng was very filial to his mother, Empress Dowager Cixi, and never ignored her. Once, his mother was very ill, which worried Liu Heng. His mother was ill for three years and was bedridden. Liu Heng personally boiled medicine soup for her mother and guarded her bedside day and night. Every time I see my mother asleep, I lie by her bed and sleep for a while. Liu Heng decocts medicine for his mother every day. Every time he finishes frying, he always tastes it first to see if the soup is bitter and spicy. He thought it was almost enough and gave it to his mother. Liu Heng's filial piety to his mother is widely circulated in the ruling and opposition circles. People all praised him as the son of Renxiao. There is a poem that says:

Renxiao is famous in the world and crowned as a hundred kings; Mother has been ill for three years, so the soup must be tasted first.

Twenty-four filial piety _ lying on the ice for carp fish

During the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Xiang, who was kind-hearted. He lost his mother when he was young. Later, his stepmother Zhu treated him badly and often gossiped in front of his father. His father became cold to him. Wang Xiang's stepmother likes to eat carp. One winter, it was very cold, freezing for three feet. In order to get carp, Wang Xiang lay naked on the ice. He was red with cold and still prayed for carp on the ice. While he was praying, the ice on his right suddenly cracked. Wang Xiang was overjoyed. When he was about to jump into the river to catch fish, two lively carp suddenly jumped out of the crack in the ice. Wang Xiang was very happy. She took two carp home and presented them to her stepmother. His behavior is a much-told story in Shili Village. People all praise Wang Xiang as a rare dutiful son in the world. There is a poem that says:

There is a stepmother in the world, and Wang Xiang has nothing; There are still ice molds on the river so far.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Thunder Mourning

During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Wang Pou in the state of Wei who was filial to his mother. When his mother was alive, she was born timid and afraid of thunder. When it thunders, Wang Pou often comes to her side to give her courage. After his mother died, Wang Pou buried him in a quiet place in the mountains. It was windy and rainy, and hearing the deafening thunder, Wang Pou ran to his mother's grave and knelt down, crying in a low voice and telling him, "Wang Pou is by your side, mother, don't be afraid."

There is a poem that says: a loving mother is afraid of listening to thunder and stays on the platform at night; When A Xiang was shocked, he walked around the grave for a thousand times.

Twenty-four filial piety _ negative rice to support parents

In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a man named Zhong You named Zi Luz. My family is very poor, and I often collect wild vegetables such as Chenopodium album as food outside. In order to support his parents, Luz often goes to places hundreds of miles away to transport rice back and do his filial piety. After his parents died, he swam to Chu in southern Shandong. The king of Chu appreciated and admired his knowledge and personality very much, and named Luz as the position of owning 100 chariots and horses. At home, the grain has reached 10,000 minutes from scratch. But Lutz still does not forget his parents' hard work and sighs; Although I hope to live as before, eat some wild vegetables such as quinoa and feed my parents with rice hundreds of miles away, it's a pity that I can't.

There is a poem that says: it is better to give rice as the purpose than a hundred miles away; I lost my honor and family, but I still miss the past.

Twenty-four filial piety _ being beaten with a stick hurts the old.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Han in Daliang, who was simple in nature and filial to his parents. He is a famous dutiful son. His mother is very strict with him. If she makes a slight mistake, she raises her stick and waves it. One day, when Apollo was beaten, he cried sadly. His mother was surprised and asked, "You can always accept hitting you. Why are you crying today? " Apollo replied: "I always feel pain when I hit me, knowing that my mother is still strong and healthy, but I don't feel pain today, knowing that my mother is going downhill and weak." So I couldn't help crying. It's not that the pain is unbearable. "This shows that he is very filial to his mother.

There is a poem that says: I am grateful to my mother's feelings, and her mother is very concerned about her weight; Once the strength of Anemarrhena asphodeloides falls, I feel sad and wet.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Kneeling Father and Keeping Mother

In Song Dynasty, there was a filial daughter named Zhang Juhua in Jiangnan. At the age of seven, my mother died unfortunately and my father remarried. Chrysanthemum didn't tell the difference between birth and upbringing, and was respectful to her stepmother. Her stepmother has ulterior motives. One day, her father went out to do business and her stepmother took the opportunity to sell her to others as a maid. It happened that Chrysanthemum's father met Chrysanthemum on his way back. Father and daughter meet, sad and happy. When her father asked her why she was in this situation, Chrysanthemum was silent with tears for fear of implicating her stepmother. She had to tell her under her father's questioning. Father was shocked and immediately redeemed the chrysanthemum. Father and daughter went home three days later. When his father saw his second wife, he was very angry and wanted to divorce her. Seeing this, Chrysanthemum immediately knelt down to plead for her stepmother, and her father was finally moved by her filial piety before giving up. Stepmother has no children. After his father's death, Chrysanthemum treats his stepmother as filial as when his father was alive, so the world has a poem:

A piece of dedication such as Shi Jian, a quilt is still there; Kneeling deeply forgives the mother, pure filial piety and money.

Twenty-four filial piety _ Xiaogan stepmother

Li Yinglin, a native of the Qing Dynasty, lived in Kunming, Yunnan, and was docile and kind since childhood. After his mother died unfortunately, he advised his father to remarry. He supports his parents with the income from selling divination. Although Lin Ying is very filial to his stepmother, her stepmother regards him as a thorn in his side, making things difficult for him in every way and often beating him. Whenever this happens, Lin Ying is always kneeling, respectful as always, and has no intention of resisting. However, his father believed his stepmother's slander and drove him out of the house. Lin Ying still didn't complain. Every year on his parents' birthdays, he prepares gifts to go home to congratulate them. Soon Yinglin heard that her stepmother was ill and hurried home to recuperate. Every day, whether it was rainy or sunny, she had to go 30 miles away to treat her illness and take medicine until her stepmother recovered. At the same time, Lin Ying was particularly friendly to the children born to her stepmother, which finally made her regret. It is this mother-child relationship that has improved more than her own.

Later generations praised it; Don't worry about your stepmother running away from home. If your mother is ill, she will go home and take medicine soup. If you treat your brother as if he had made it himself, your mother will regret it and become kind.

Twenty-four Filial Piety _ Advise Gu Xiaozu

In the Ming Dynasty, a family named Yang in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, married a child bride named Liu. She is only twelve years old, but she is very sensible and respects her family. Mother-in-law Wang always offends her elders, often scolds her grandmother for being "old and immortal" and regards her as a "burden". Her words were rude.

One night, Liu came to Wang's boudoir and couldn't afford to kneel. Wang was surprised and asked why. Sister Liu replied, I am worried that my mother-in-law will not respect my grandmother. In the future, my daughter-in-law will take you as an example and treat you as a "burden" when she is old. How sad you will be then! It is a great blessing that my family can live a long life. I beg you to think twice. Wang suddenly realized after listening, crying and sighing: good words have benefited me a lot! So I repented and turned over a new leaf, and treated my grandmother gently and obediently. Liu did the same to Wang. Really:

Twenty-six daughters have a clear sense of justice and look at their ancestors who are disobedient; Kneel into the room to persuade regrets and show filial piety to children and grandchildren.

Twenty-four filial piety

Shun, one of the five emperors in ancient times, was the son of Youyou. I have been filial to my parents since I was a child. His father is an honest and kind farmer. Shun's biological mother died when she was a teenager. Shun's father, Gu Sou, was blind, but he was said to be a musical genius. He married a second wife, who was rough and fierce. Shun's mother often speaks ill of his father because of her poor family. She gave birth to a son named elephant. Elephants grow up to be cruel, overbearing, arrogant, unreasonable, and often arrogant and disrespectful to their fathers. Only by being consistent, not complaining, obeying parents as usual, caring more for my brother and guiding him to turn over a new leaf. This extraordinary filial piety touched the sky. When Shun plowed the fields at the foot of the mountain, the gods helped him. And the god bird helps mow the grass. At that time, Emperor Yao heard that Shun was filial, so he sent nine waiters to serve Zhuo and his wife, and married his daughters E Huang and Nv Ying to Shun in recognition of his filial piety. Later, Yao also gave way to Shun. People praised Shun for changing from a commoner to an emperor simply because of his filial piety.

Later generations have a poem: the team ploughs the spring elephant, and the ploughing birds are one after another; When Yao ascended the throne, Xiaogan moved his mind.

Twenty-four filial piety _ brothers strive for filial piety

There were four Wu brothers on Chongming Island outside the Yangtze River estuary in Qing Dynasty. When they were children, their parents had to sell them to wealthy families as child laborers in order to make a living. When they grew up, they all managed their families diligently, redeemed the deed of sale, returned to their hometown, built a house together and married each other. At this time, they have understood their parents' painstaking efforts that day, so they rushed to support their parents to show their gratitude. Began to believe that each family provided one month. Later, the virtuous and filial sister-in-law thought that three months was too long to support, so she changed it to one day for each family. Later, the boss gave everyone a meal and changed it to take turns. Every five days, the whole family, old and young, get together to make good food and support their parents. The children and daughters-in-law at the banquet rushed to serve and toast, showing filial piety in every way. This is really a happy family. The two old people lived happily for a long time. They lived for nearly a hundred years without getting sick.

As a poem says, parents are as deep as the source of the best, especially filial and pious. Brothers fight for wine fragrance, pure filial piety and virtue.