Famous filial piety stories in history

1, lying on the ice to seek carp

Wang Xiang's mother died when he was very young, his father married him a stepmother, this stepmother will be Wang Xiang raised adults, but from very early on the role of the stepmother has always been more vicious, not close to the feelings of Wang Xiang's stepmother, Zhu Mou so is also. She treats Wang Xiang not good at all, is very picky and mean, and even often in front of Wang Xiang's father to make up Wang Xiang's bad words, so that the father of Wang Xiang more and more antipathy.

2. The Story of the Carp Leaping from the Spring

This story took place in Sichuan during the Eastern Han Dynasty. The story seems to be that there is a filial couple, the man's name is Jiang Shi, the woman is Pang Mou, the two of them to their mother is very filial, even the people around them know, they are very filial to their mother, Jiang Shi and Pang Mou's home is still a distance between the trip back and forth will take 6, 7 hours, Pang's mother-in-law love to drink the Yangtze River water, and like to eat carp. Then Pang would walk seven miles every day to fetch Yangtze River water and make fish for her mother-in-law to eat, every day, I don't think the average person can be so persistent.

Historical Role

1. Cultivation of the Body and Nurture of the Character

Individually, filial piety is the foundation of cultivation of the body and nurture of the character. By practicing filial piety, each person's morality can be perfected. Otherwise, if one loses filial piety, one loses the minimum virtue of being a human being. Therefore, Confucianism has always been based on the cultivation of the body. Today, advocating filial piety and using it as an important part of fostering moral cultivation in the next generation is still of great practical significance.

2. Integration of the family

From the family point of view, the practice of filial piety can order the elders and children, standardize the order of human relationships, and promote family harmony. The family is the cell of society, family stability is social stability, family instability is social instability. Therefore, Confucianism attaches great importance to the role of the family and emphasizes the use of filial piety to regulate the family. In the new era, it is emphasized that it is equally important for children to respect and support their elderly parents.

3. Serving the Country and Respecting the Profession

Filial piety promotes the idea of loyalty to the ruler and advocates serving the country and respecting the profession. In the feudal era, the king and the state sometimes meant the same thing. Accordingly, Confucianism believed that to practice filial piety, one must honor one's parents at home, serve the public ministers outside, and reach the supreme ruler of the country. Although it has the dregs of foolish loyalty to the ruler of the country, the idea of serving the country and patriotism and dedication embedded in it is positive and progressive.

4. Cohesion of society

Confucianism arose in troubled times. The idea of filial piety can regulate the behavior of society, establish some systems of etiquette, regulate interpersonal relationships, thus cohesion of society, to achieve the unification of the world, from chaos to rule. Objectively speaking, the idea of filial piety provided the ideology for the feudal society to maintain its social stability and played a positive role in the unification of China.

5. Shaping Culture

Chinese culture is profound and profound, originating from the Hundred Schools of Thought, which has changed over the generations, but the idea and tradition of filial piety has always been leading the direction of the development of Chinese culture for thousands of years. The fundamental reason why Chinese culture has been able to assimilate countless foreign cultures lies in the culture of filial piety. The fundamental reason why the Chinese culture has endured and become the ancient civilization of the ancient world civilization continues to this day also lies in the culture of filial piety.