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Kong Rong Lets Pear

In the state of Lu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a child named Kong Rong, who was very smart and very understanding. Kong Rong also had five older brothers and a little brother, and the seven brothers got along very well. One day, Kong Rong's mother bought a lot of pears, a plate of pears on the table, the brothers let Kong Rong and the youngest brother first. Kong Rong looked at the pears on the plate and realized that there were big and small pears. He didn't pick the good ones or the big ones, but just took the smallest pear and ate it with great relish. When his father saw Kong Rong's behavior, he was very happy and thought, "Don't look at this boy who is just four years old, but he knows that he should leave the good things for others. So he deliberately asked Kong Rong: "There are so many pears on the plate, and you are allowed to take them first, why don't you take the big one and only take the smallest one?" Kong Rong replied, "I am young, I should take the smallest one, and the big one should be left for my brother to eat." Dad then asked, "Isn't your brother even younger than you? According to you, he should take the smallest one." Kong Rong said, "I am bigger than my brother, I am the older brother, I should leave the big one for my little brother to eat." When his father heard him say that, he laughed and said, "Good boy, good boy, you are really a good boy, you will be very successful in the future."

This story lets us know that humility is a traditional virtue of the Chinese people, sometimes it is a kind of respect, a kind of tolerance, a kind of contribution, and a kind of relief medicine that can dissolve conflicts between people. We should be like Kong Rong, respecting our teachers and classmates, his character is something we should learn from childhood. He can make our life harmonious. As students, we should inherit and carry forward this virtue, so that our life and our life will become better.

Selected from Ten Chinese Etiquette Stories