The whole story of Wang Xiang lying on the ice looking for carp

Wang Xianghe and Zhuge Liang were contemporaries, three years younger than Zhuge Liang. Wang Xiang is most praised for his filial piety. His mother Xue died young, and the object of Wang Xiang's filial piety was his stepmother Zhu. As the old saying goes, kindness is filial piety, but this Zhu is recognized as an inhuman person.

Not only will she not take the initiative to care about Wang Xiang, but she will often make trouble in front of Wang Xiang's biological father, which makes Wang Xiang's father hate Wang Xiang more and more. Isn't that what the old folk saying goes? If there is a stepmother, there is a stepmother.

Without the support and care of her biological father, Wang Xiang was instructed by her stepmother to do the hardest and most tiring work every day, such as cleaning the cowshed and picking up cow dung. Speaking of which, people will think of Wang Erxiao who is herding cattle.

However, Wang Xiang is old enough to study. Why should he do these chores every day? Is the Wangs really poor enough to ask Wang Xiang to do these things? Are there really no servants in their house?

Let's talk about the Langya royal family first. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the royal family was the largest aristocratic family in Shandong. There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that "Wang Xietang died in front of Yan and flew into the homes of ordinary people".

Xie Jia has produced a prime minister like Xie An and a talent like Xie Lingyun. Xie Lingyun once said that there are only ten kinds of talents in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight kinds, and he took one. Others can only carve up the rest. In addition to these two, Xie Shi, Xie Xuan, Xie Daowen and other talented women were born in the court.

However, in terms of fame, the Wangs are still ahead of Xie Jia. Wang Xiang has a half-brother Wang Lan, a child of Wang Xiang's stepmother Zhu. There are many dignitaries and celebrities in Wang Lan's descendants, the most famous being Prime Minister Wang Dao and great calligrapher Wang Xizhi. Wang Xiang's branch has also produced many celebrities.

The Wang family lasted for more than 300 years, which was more prosperous than the court with frequent changes at that time. Its family glory lasted from the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Someone linked it to the second mansion of Rongning and wrote a poem: "A dream of red mansions with eternal glitz, a lonely king for a hundred years."

Wang Xiang and Wang Lan are the first generation of Langya kings, who started with filial piety and stepped onto the historical stage. Wang Xiang is listed as "Twenty-four Filial Piety" and Wang Lan as "Twenty-four Filial Piety", which is an outstanding representative of Confucian filial piety culture.

Although the Wangs started to make a fortune from the Wang Lan brothers in Wang Xiang, their ancestors were not too bad. It is said that the ancestor of his family was Wang Ji, an admonition official in Han Dynasty. Wang Xiang's grandfather Wang Ren was also the secretariat of Qingzhou, roughly equivalent to today's governor. "A year knows the government, and a hundred thousand snowflakes are silver." Not to mention the governor?

Otherwise, Wang Lan's father, also dare not pretend to be lofty. It is recorded in the history books that "the imperial court can't turn over", which means that the imperial court recruited Wang Rong to be an official, but Wang Rong flatly refused. Obviously, although Wang Rong is a civilian, he still has considerable social influence. Although his family assets are not necessarily large, they are certainly not too small.

So, Zhu ordered Wang Xiang to clean the cowshed, which was too outrageous. What's terrible is that Wang Xiang's biological father let it go. But this Wang Xiang didn't complain, but he was more respectful and cautious.

Whenever his father or stepmother gets sick, Wang Xiang has to bring soup and medicine in his birthday suit. Wang Xiang was afraid that the medicine was too bitter or too hot, so she had to taste it before giving it to her parents.

This filial piety is simply earth-shattering, but unfortunately it can't impress the stone-hard stepmother. In order to safeguard king of the children's interests, that is, her own interests, and to drive away Wang Xiang, who may divide the family property, the stepmother not only failed to make a little convergence, but began to intensify.

Stepmother Zhu hates Wang Xiang. She doesn't believe that Wang Xiang is really filial to her. In order to torture Wang Xiang, Zhu deliberately asked Wang Xiang to catch live fish when it was freezing for three feet.

Mencius said, "You can't have your cake and eat it." Fish were still rare at that time. Unlike today, food from all directions can be easily bought. In the cold winter, most people hide at home to keep warm, and no one comes out to fish at all. First of all, the river is frozen, making it difficult to fish. Secondly, it is almost impossible to break the ice without today's mechanized tools.

There is basically no fish on the market, but the price is sky-high, and most people simply can't afford it. Ordinary people want to eat fish, and at most eat salted fish to satisfy their desire. Wang Xiang, a child rejected by his parents, has no lucky money to buy fish, nor does he have the courage to refute his stepmother's request.

Wang Xiang came to the river, his hands and feet were frozen stiff. Looking at the ice several feet thick in the river, Wang Xiang took off his heavy coat and prepared to pick up a shovel to cut the ice. At this time, the ice suddenly cracked a crack on its own. A pair of lively carp jumped out of the gap and lay at Wang Xiang's feet, waiting for him to take them home.

It's amazing enough. Unexpectedly, it is said that Wang Xiang stripped naked and wanted to melt ice with his body. This is the story of lying on the ice and begging for carp in Twenty-four Filial Pieties. In memory of this dutiful son, the local people renamed the river "Xiaogan River".

When it comes to "Xiaogan", we have to mention Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yong Dong sold herself to bury her father, and met a homeless woman on the road, and they got married. The woman married him, knitted three hundred brocade and redeemed his debt. Claiming to be the daughter of the seven fairies, she was ordered to help him pay his debts and then drifted away.

This story obviously has the meaning of myths and legends, and has the characteristics of folk innocence and simplicity. Because of this legend, the local area was named "Xiaogan", and Yong Dong became a famous filial son among the twenty-four filial piety. Perhaps because the story of Yong Dong is deeply rooted in people's hearts, two big filial sons have been born in the local area, and they have also been included in Twenty-four Filial Pieties.

One is Huang Xiang, recorded in Saint Amethyst. "Xiang is nine years old and can warm the mat." At the age of nine, when his mother died, he put all his filial piety on his father. In the cold winter, he warms the bed for his father in advance, and in the hot summer, he takes pains to cool the pillow mat. What is rare is that he is also a talented child prodigy. At that time, it was widely rumored that "a westward journey, Jiangxia Huangtong." Jiangxia was later assigned to Xiaogan City.

Another is Meng Zong. When he was young, his father died, and his mother finally raised Meng Zong. When he was old, Meng Zong's mother, who had worked hard all her life, was seriously ill. The doctor said that fresh bamboo shoots should be used as soup to save Meng Zong's mother.

It was winter and there were no fresh bamboo shoots to dig. Desperate Meng Zong ran to the bamboo forest, holding the bamboo and crying loudly. A few tender bamboo shoots actually grew out of thin air on the ground. Meng Zong wiped his tears and ran home with fresh bamboo shoots. After his mother drank bamboo shoot soup, she really recovered. This filial Meng Zong was later reused by the imperial court, and has always been commonplace, roughly equivalent to today's engineering minister.

Aside from the story of Wang Xiang lying on the ice, the writers at that time really made great efforts to describe these typical characters who "moved China". The story of Yong Dong and the Seven Fairies is full of fantasy, and obviously it is suspected of exaggerating the facts. As for Huang Xiang's story, it is close to the truth, at least based on reality, and it is also the most convincing.

But Meng Zong, who cried with bamboo in his arms in winter, could cry fresh bamboo shoots. Either the bamboo has become refined, or the earth god has appeared. When you really want to destroy the three views, it is completely inconsistent with scientific laws, so leave it alone for the time being.

Based on Yong Dong's story and Meng Zong's story, we can understand the reason why Wang Xiangbing's story spread. Wang Xiang is "reasonably imagined" as Wang Xiang lying on the ice, which further highlights the personality characteristics of typical characters. This makes people think that some units have carefully fabricated typical materials for advanced purposes, which is really the integration of ancient and modern times.

The most amazing thing is that in order to enhance the credibility of Wang Xiang's deeds, he even fabricated a story. It is said that this stepmother failed in one plan and gave birth to another. She deliberately claimed to want to eat yellowbird soup. This time, before Wang Xiang went out, dozens of yellowbirds flew in and begged for mercy.

I doubt the truth of such events. The biggest doubt is that stepmother Zhu, as a witness to the miracle, dares to stand tall and carry out Wang Xiang's evil deeds to the end. This is totally inhuman. If she had experienced the yellowbird incident, I'm afraid she would have been scared, and she would kneel down and beg for mercy and pray for God's forgiveness. In fact, she took the role of evil stepmother to the extreme.

In Shi Shuo Xin Yu, there are two stories about Wang Xiang. If you read it carefully, you will understand that Zhu's persecution of Wang Xiang is escalating, even though Wang Xiang is lying on the ice begging for carp. In order not to let Wang Xiang have a good sleep, it is assumed that Li Zi is too easy to provoke bird thieves to guard this plum tree day and night. This is worse than Huang Shiren. Every time it rains heavily, Wang Xiang is worried about the punishment of her stepmother and will cry with the tree in her arms.

Although Shi Shuo Xin Yu is not an official history, it does not record folklore. In the folk version, this plum tree can escape the brutal extreme weather every time. To this day, someone has set up a monument by the Xiaogan River. There are five big characters on the inscription: "Wind and rain leave a leeward wind". Considering the kindness of the people who want good people to be rewarded, we will not be more realistic.

The point is, this stepmother obviously doesn't think any fairy is helping Wang Xiang, otherwise she can't understand the behavior behind her. According to Shi Shuo Xin Yu, this stepmother attacked with a knife. Fortunately, Wang Xiang got up at night and survived. Seeing the chopped quilt, the stepmother finally found her conscience and treated her as her own. This seems to be a happy ending, but people's hearts are not so easy to change.

In fact, even a stepmother has no right to kill people at will. Although Wang Xiang died automatically, it is estimated that Zhu thought he had succeeded at that time, and he was still a little scared when he suddenly saw this big living person. What's more, she must be worried that Wang Xiang will resist and even kill her. In order to stabilize her opponent, she won't let him go out to spread or even report this bad behavior, and pretend to wake up temporarily. This is by no means what I take for granted. In fact, Zhu's mind of killing Wang Xiang has never been broken.

As we all know, Wang Xiang is listed as "twenty-four filial piety". But few people know that his half-brother Wang Lan is listed as "twenty-four".

There is a record in The Analects: "Who is filial, is the foundation of benevolence?" Filial piety is the most advocated moral paradigm of Confucianism. Filial piety refers to the correct attitude of children towards their parents, and filial piety refers to the correct attitude of younger brothers towards older brothers. The reason why Wang Lan can become a representative of Yi culture is really thanks to his great mother.

Most people like to say "there is no way to be a bad king", and this stepmother Zhu is also rated as "no way". When Wang Lancai was a few years old, this Zhu was fine. He whipped Wang Xiang. Although Wang Lan is young, she hates her mother's behavior very much. Every time I cry, I rush to protect my brother. Zhu Ziran is hard to kill Wang Xiang.

When Wang Lan was older, Wang Lan tried to enlighten her mother. Zhu was afraid of damaging his glorious image in his son's heart and dared not flagrantly whip Wang Xiang. However, Zhu refused to give up and kept trying to torture Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang was ordered to do all kinds of dirty work and could hardly rest.

Wang Lan always helps Wang Xiang. He won't rest as long as his brother hasn't finished. Even Wang Xiang's wife was not spared, and was enslaved and abused by Zhu. Not a family, not a house. Wang Lan's wife is very virtuous and always works hard with her sister-in-law. Zhu loves his son and daughter-in-law, but he has no choice but to stop bullying Wang Xiang and his wife.

After Wang Xiang's father died, Wang Xiang gained a good reputation in the local area. Many people praised Wang Xiang's benevolence and filial piety while accusing Zhu of being unkind. This Zhu hates Wang Xiang's guts and wants to kill Wang Xiang at once. In order to get rid of Wang Xiang, Zhu secretly bought poison and put it in the wine. I don't want to. Wang Lan sensed something strange and grabbed it for drinking. Zhu got a fright and quickly took it away.

From then on, Wang Lan will taste all the food in Wang Xiang first. Zhu was afraid that Wang Lan was poisoned, so he had to give up the year of poisoning. Although Zhu was fierce, he was well served by these two brothers and lived a long life.

It is said that after Zhu's death, Wang Xiang was willing to be made an official. And this time, Wang Xiang's age is quite big. However, Wang Xiang's official career was smooth sailing, and he was finally awarded the title of "Jiuqing". Although Wang Lan is not as prominent as his brother, he is also a senior official of the court, and the children of the younger generation are even more talented and proud of their family.

When it comes to filial piety, we must clear the name of Confucianism. Mr. Lu Xun used to like to say that "ethics eats people". Although this is a fact, it was later Confucianism that misinterpreted the original intention of Confucius and Mencius. The so-called filial piety that they preach "the father wants the son to die, and the son has to die" is completely false Confucianism.

Zeng Shen, one of the seventy-two sages, that is, Ceng Zi, came to see me three times a day. Once, he was beaten by his father because he was delayed in planting melons. Ceng Zi was knocked unconscious. When he woke up, he didn't cry out for pain, but also piled up a smile on his face, as if he had enjoyed thai massage instead of being beaten.

When Confucius heard this, he was very angry and wanted to break off the friendship between master and apprentice. Confucius said that in Shun Di, the punishment for his father was "to suffer less and walk more".

It means that if you take out a small board and hit someone, it will be a skin injury at most, and Shun will be beaten. If Gu Sou takes out a big board and wants to fight to the death, run away quickly. For another example, Shun never gave up and died, but tried to escape. This is the real filial piety, to avoid letting the father fall into injustice.

Mencius has a famous saying, "There are three kinds of unfilial, and no posterity is great." "Notes to Thirteen Classics" explains: "It refers to A Yi's obedience, being trapped in injustice and unfilial; Poor old people, not an official, unfilial; If you don't marry and have no children, you will never be worshipped by your ancestors, and you will be unfilial. "

From the first sentence, Mencius believed that when parents were at fault, they should not blindly obey, but try their best to persuade them, otherwise they would fall into injustice.

According to Confucius and Mencius, this Wang Xiang is just a unfilial son. It is Wang Xiang's careful words and deeds that are pleasing to the eye, which encourages her stepmother's arrogance and shows her fierceness. At that time, people on one side were accusing and laughing at Wang Xiang's stepmother, so Zhu became more angry from embarrassment. He first cut Wang Xiang with a knife and then poisoned him.

Thanks to my good brother Wang Lan, the family tragedy was prevented. I think Wang Lan is really filial. She has both exhortation and action, putting an end to her mother's evil deeds. Wang Lan really respected his brother, and tried his best to save Wang Xiangfu and his wife, ensuring that the nirvana in fire Wangs lived in the shadow of each other.