What are the stories of filial piety and respect for the elderly in China?

1. Shun mother in reed clothing

Confucius had a disciple named Min Lian, whose mother died early, and his father took a stepmother and had two sons. His stepmother often mistreated him. In winter, his two younger brothers wore winter clothes made of cotton, but he was given "cotton clothes" made of rushes.

One day, his father went out and Min Loss dropped the rope on the ground when he was leading the car, shivering from the cold, and was reprimanded and whipped by his father, who realized that Min Loss had been ill-treated when the rushes flew out of the seams of the coat as they were broken. The father returned home and wanted to banish his wife.

Min begged his father to forgive his stepmother, saying, "I'm the only one who will be cold if I leave my mother behind, but if I leave my mother behind, all three of my children will be cold." The father was very touched, so he complied with him. The stepmother heard, repentance know wrong, from then on to treat him like his own son.

2. Tasting the medicine

Liu Heng was born to Emperor Gaozu and Empress Dowager Bo. He became emperor in the eighth year of the reign of Empress Gao (180 years ago). He was famous for his filial piety and never slacked in serving his mother.

When his mother was ill for three years, he used to keep his eyes open and his clothes on; he tasted the medicines she took before letting her take them.

He reigned for 24 years, emphasizing the rule of morality and manners, and paying attention to the development of agriculture, so that the Western Han society was stable and prosperous, and the economy was restored and developed, and his reign with Emperor Jing was known as the "Rule of Wen and Jing".

Benevolence and filial piety reign in the world, towering over all kings. Mo Ting serves his virtuous mother, and he must taste the soup and medicine himself.

3. Burying a Child to Serve His Mother

There was a man named Guo Ju in the Han Dynasty, who was originally from a good family. After the death of his father, he divided the family property into two, gave two younger brothers, his own mother alone to take the support, the mother is extremely filial.

After the family gradually poor, his wife gave birth to a boy, Guo Ju worried that raising this child, will certainly affect the support of the mother, so he and his wife discussed: "the son can be again, the mother can not be resurrected after the death of the mother, it would be better to bury the son, to save some food for the support of the mother".

When they were digging the pit, they suddenly saw an altar of gold two feet below the ground, with the inscription "Heavenly Guo Ju, the government shall not take, the people shall not take". The couple got the gold and went home to honor their mother and raise their children.

Guo Ju Si supply, burying the child wish mother to survive. The gold was given by God, and the splendor shone on the humble family.

4, lying on the ice to seek carp

Wang Xiang, Langya, his mother died early, his stepmother Zhu repeatedly in front of his father to say bad things about him, so that he lost his father's love. When his parents fell ill, he was not clothed, and his stepmother wanted to eat live carp.

When it was freezing cold, he unclothed and lay on the ice, which suddenly melted on its own, and two carp jumped out. After his stepmother ate them, she recovered from her illness. Wang Xiang lived in seclusion for more than twenty years, and later became the chief magistrate of Wenxian County, and later became the chief minister, the chief of staff, and the lieutenant of the state.

5. Abandon official duties to find his mother

Zhu Shouchang was a native of Tianchang in the Song Dynasty. When he was seven years old, his biological mother Liu was envied by his first mother (his father's wife) and had to remarry. For fifty years, mother and son could not communicate with each other.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, Zhu Shouchang was an official in the imperial court, and he once stabbed himself in the blood and wrote the Diamond Sutra, searching for his birth mother in all directions, and when he got a clue, he resolved to give up his post and went to Shaanxi to look for his birth mother, vowing never to return without seeing her.

Finally, he met his mother and his two younger brothers in Shaanxi, and they returned together.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Twenty-four Filial Piety