Ancient Chinese short story about integrity please summarize it in four words?

1. Tail Sheng Holds a Pillar

In ancient times, there was a young man named Tail Sheng, who fell in love with a woman and was y in love with her. One day, the two met under a bridge. Afterwards, the river rose in a flood tide, and the woman had not yet arrived. Oisheng, however, always kept his promise, and died under the bridge, holding onto the bridge pillar and not letting go of it, and was finally drowned by the river and died.

2. Meng Xin Sells Cattle

Anciently, there was a man named Meng Xin, who, after being dismissed from his official position, was so poor that his family didn't even have anything to eat. One day, his family took advantage of Meng Xin's absence to sell the only sick cow in the house in exchange for food. When Meng Xin came home and realized that the sick cow had been sold, he beat up his family and went to get the sick cow back, telling the buyer that it was a sick cow and of no use, and that such a sick cow could not be sold to you.

3. Guo Ji kept his word

When Guo Ji was serving in the state, he went down to inspect the area and passed through the Meiji County, where the local children spontaneously gathered to welcome him. Guo Ji didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "Kids, what are you doing?" The children replied, "We have heard that you are coming, and we have come to welcome you!" Guo Ji hurriedly dismounted from his horse and thanked them one by one.

After finishing their business in Maji County, the children rushed to see Guo Ji off and asked him when he would return. Guo Ji immediately asked his attendants to calculate the date of his return trip and told them. As things went very smoothly, he returned to Meiji County one day earlier than expected, but in order not to break his promise to the children, Guo Ji ordered to sleep in the wild pavilion outside the county town for one night, and waited until the next day to enter the city.

4, Song Lian return books

Song Lian hours like to read, but the family is very poor, no money to buy books, had to borrow from others, every time he borrowed a book, he has a good period of time, on time to return the books, and never breach of contract, people are happy to lend books to him. Once, he borrowed a book, the more he read, the more he loved it, he decided to copy it, but the deadline for returning the book was approaching, he had to copy the book overnight.

In the middle of winter, when the water was dripping into ice, his mother said, "My son, it's the middle of the night, and it's so cold, so I'll copy it at dawn. People are not waiting for this book to read." Song Lian said: "Whether people wait for this book to see, to the deadline to return, this is a credit problem, but also respect for other people's performance. If you speak and do things without credit, and break faith with others, how can you get the respect of others."

5. Zeng Zi kills a pig

The wife of Zeng Zi went to the market, and her son wanted to follow along, and while walking, he cried. His mother said to him, "Go back, and when I return, kill a pig for you to eat." When his wife returned from the market, Zeng Zi was about to catch the pig to kill it, and his wife stopped him, saying, "That's just a joke with the children."

Zeng Zi said, "You cannot lie in front of children; they are young and ignorant, and they often learn knowledge and listen to teachings from their parents. If you say something to deceive him now, you are teaching him to deceive others in the future. Although a mother can coax her child for a while, afterward he will not believe his mother's words when he knows that he has been deceived. In this way, it will be difficult for you to educate your child again."

Tzeng Zi's wife thought her husband's words made sense, so she heartily helped Zeng Zi kill and de-feather the pig, pick the bones and cut the meat. It was not long before Zeng Zi's wife had prepared a sumptuous dinner for her son.

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