What are the stories about filial piety?

1. Tasting medicine

Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, was the third son of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and was born to Empress Dowager Bo. He became emperor in the eighth year of the reign of Empress Gao (180 BC). He was famous for his filial piety and never slacked in serving his mother. When his mother was lying ill for three years, he often did not see her eyes or wear her clothes; he tasted the medicines she took before letting her take them.

He reigned for 24 years, emphasizing the rule of morality, etiquette, attention to the development of agriculture, so that the Western Han society is stable, prosperous, economic recovery and development, he and the reign of Emperor Jingdi of the Han Dynasty is known as the "rule of Wenjing".

2, the pain in the heart

Zeng Sen, the word ZiYi, the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Lu, Confucius's favorite disciple, known as "Zeng Zi", known for filial piety. When he was a young man, his family was poor and he used to go into the mountains to fetch firewood. One day, when there was a guest in the house, his mother, not knowing what to do, bit her finger with her teeth. Suddenly, Zeng Sen felt heartache and knew that his mother was calling for him, so he quickly returned home with the firewood on his back and knelt down to ask why.

The mother said, "A guest has suddenly arrived, and I am biting my finger in anticipation of your return." Zeng Sen then received the guest and treated him with courtesy. Zeng Sen was a learned man, and once proposed the method of cultivating oneself, which is "I save myself three times a day" ("Analects - Xue而"). It is said that he wrote Confucian classics such as The Great Learning and The Book of Filial Piety, and was honored by Confucians in later times as "Zong Sheng" (宗圣).

3, 100 miles of negative rice

Zhong Yu, the word Zi Lu, Ji Lu, the Spring and Autumn period of the State of Lu, Confucius's favorite disciple, straightforward and courageous character, very filial. In his early years, his family was so poor that he used to pick wild vegetables for his own meals, but he carried rice home from a hundred miles away to serve his parents. After the death of his parents, he became a great official, and was ordered to go to the state of Chu, with an entourage of a hundred chariots and horses, and an accumulation of ten thousand bells of grain.

Sitting on a folded brocade mattress and eating a sumptuous feast, he often missed his parents and lamented, "Even if I wanted to eat wild vegetables and go burdened with rice for my parents, where would I be able to get it again?" Confucius praised him, saying, "You have served your parents to the best of your ability in life, and you miss them in death!" （

4. Selling oneself to bury one's father

Dong Yong, according to legend, was a native of Qianxian (present-day Gaocheng County, Shandong Province, north of China) during the Eastern Han Dynasty, who lost his mother when he was a young boy, and moved to Anlu (present-day Hubei Province) to avoid military turmoil.) When his father died, Dong Yong sold himself to a rich family as a slave in exchange for funeral expenses. On his way to work, he met a woman under the shade of an acacia tree who said she had no home to go to, and the two were married.

The woman weaves 300 pieces of brocade in one month's time to redeem her debt for Dong Yong, and on the way home, she tells Dong Yong that she is the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor, and that she has been ordered to help Dong Yong repay his debt. After saying this, she left in the air. As a result, Samuel Yin was renamed Xiaogan.

5, carve the wooden things pro

Ding Lan, according to legend for the Eastern Han Dynasty Hanoi (now Henan Yellow River North) people, his parents died at an early age, he often miss his parents' upbringing, so he carved into a wooden statue of his parents, things as if they were alive, all things are and the wooden statue of the discussion, the three meals a day to honor the parents after their own consumption, before going out to the door to be sure to report, after returning home to be sure to face, and never slacking off. Over time, his wife on the wooden statue will not be too respectful, and even curiously use a needle to prick the wooden statue's fingers, and the wooden statue's fingers actually have blood flow. Ding Lan went home and saw tears in the eyes of the wooden statue, and asked for the truth, so he repudiated his wife.