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A touching story about ancient filial piety

1. Taste the decoction personally: Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty Liu Heng, the third son of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, was born to Empress Dowager Bo. He became emperor in the eighth year of his reign. He was known all over the world for his benevolence and filial piety, and he never slacked off in serving his mother. His mother had been ill for three years, and he often couldn't sleep without blinking an eye or taking off his clothes. He personally tasted the decoctions his mother took before letting her take them with confidence. He reigned for 24 years, focusing on moral governance, promoting etiquette, and paying attention to the development of agriculture, which made the Western Han Dynasty stable, the population prosperous, and the economy recovered and developed. His reign with Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty is known as the "Government of Wen and Jing".

2. Purifier: Huang Tingjian, a native of Fenning in the Northern Song Dynasty, a famous poet and calligrapher. Although he held a high position, he served his mother with utmost filial piety. Every night, he personally washed the mother's drowning vessel, and never forgot his son's responsibilities.

3. The mosquitoes are full of blood: Wu Meng, a native of Puyang in the Jin Dynasty, knew how to honor his parents when he was eight years old. The family was poor and had no mosquito net. Mosquito bites prevented my father from sleeping peacefully. Every summer night, Wu Meng would always sit naked in front of his father's bed, letting mosquitoes bite him without driving them away, fearing that the mosquitoes would leave him and bite his father.