What are the famous stories of filial piety?

1, Fang Guancheng thousands of miles to visit relatives

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period, Tongcheng, Anhui Province, Fang Guancheng, is a famous filial son, his thousands of miles to visit relatives, the story is still being told as a beautiful story.

Fang Guancheng's grandfather and father were both imperial officials. During the Qing Dynasty, his grandfather and father were implicated in a book written by a friend, and were exiled to Heilongjiang to serve in the army, and their family assets were confiscated and confiscated. The young Fang Guancheng brothers had no one to turn to but the temple.

In the temple, Fang Guancheng's brothers lived through tears and hardship, but Fang Guancheng missed his grandfather and father the most. He found the courage to ask the Elder to allow them to visit their elders on the frontier. The elders, mindful of their young age and despite their filial piety, were afraid that they would not be able to make the trip, so they strongly discouraged them from doing so.

Fang Guancheng, however, pleaded: "Grandfather and father are far away, and they are looking forward to seeing their relatives at home, so if we can go there, it will surely add some comfort to them. In order to give the two old man a little comfort, even if we suffer a little torture, suffer a little hardship, but also do not hesitate. Please allow us to depart." The righteousness of the Fang brothers touched the Elder, who gave them money for their journey and tearfully saw them off on their journey to visit their relatives.

On the way, they ate and slept, trekked over mountains and rivers, suffered from hunger, helped each other, clothes torn into strips, feet calluses. A few months later, they finally saw the two old. After four people cried, grandfather, father's heart for their own filial descendants of such a happy life, a family of four people intoxicated in the melting of the joy of family.

2, Zeng Guofan filial piety story

Daoguang twenty-four years on the 25th day of the first month, in Zeng Guofan's letter wrote, "Parents adults Jinfu Wananan ...... two catties of Colla Corii asiatica, half a catty of ginseng ... ...", entrusted to bring back to his hometown in Hunan, in order to slightly fulfill the filial piety of the son of man.

Zeng Guofan later generals into the prime minister, the position of a very important person, of course, these things within reach, but in the twenty-fourth year of the Daoguang Dynasty, he is still a Hanlin Academy editorial, is a poor Beijing official, to get these things is not easy.

Specifically, in his family letter, the gum and ginseng side by side, and the gum in ginseng above, visible at that time, the social trend, to the gum as a rare tonic, even more than the world famous ginseng is also difficult to come by. Later, Zeng Guofan's family letters, repeatedly appeared in the words of the gift of Colla Corii Asini, Colla Corii Asini has become the best way to do filial piety for his parents.

3, Xu Shiyou five kneeling mother's story

Xu Shiyou not to the age of 10 when his father died, his mother more hard labor. One day, Xu Shiyou went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and came home late, his mother stood at the entrance of the village in the cold wind, waiting for him, and he was so sad that he burst into tears, and kneeled down on the ground and said to his mother in pain: "Mother, I know that you love me the most, and no matter whether or not I have made a good living in my whole life, I will definitely do my best to support you!"

When Xu Shiyou was 16 years old, he accidentally injured a landlord's son, and the landlord colluded with the government to hunt him down. A year later, Xu Shiyou quietly returned home, knelt down in front of his mother, and shouted, "Mother, after I left, I made you suffer!"

After Xu Shiyou joined the revolutionary struggle, the reactionaries hated him so much that they raided his home several times, and Xu Shiyou's mother was forced to flee with her two daughters to a foreign country. Once on the march, Xu Shiyou occasionally ran into his mother and sister who were begging along the street, saddened by the tears, kneeling in front of his mother, sobbing uncontrollably: "Mother, the child is unfilial, and even tired of your old man has nowhere to lay his head ......."

4, Bao Zheng resigned from his post to fulfill his filial piety

Bao Zheng is a famous clean official in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was not only fair and impartial in handling cases, but also very filial.

In 1027 A.D., Bao Zheng won a bachelor's degree by virtue of his own talent, and was appointed as the governor of Jianchang County (present-day Yongxiu, Jiangxi Province). This is a good thing, but Bao Zheng how can not be happy. Originally, Jianchang County is very far away from Bao Zheng's home, his parents are old, can not withstand the long journey, there is no way to go with him, but he could not bear to leave his parents, so very distressed.

Finally, Bao Zheng had to write a letter to the emperor to ask him to arrange for him to serve in a place close to his home. The emperor was touched by Bao Zheng's filial piety, so he appointed him as a tax supervisor in Hezhou, not far from his home, specializing in money and grain taxes.

As soon as he received the appointment, Bao Zheng went home and told his parents that he hoped they would go to Hezhou with him. The parents were reluctant to leave the place where they had lived for decades, but they could not help but feel sad at the thought of their son leaving home to become a government official in a foreign country. As Pao Zheng watched, he was heartbroken and anxious at the same time.

At night, Pao Zheng lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. His parents are getting older and older, their health is not as good as every day, and he is the only child in the family, what should he do? He thought about it, but did not come up with any good solution, and finally had to write a letter again, requesting to resign from the official position, and focus on staying at home to serve their parents.

Bao Zheng did his best to take care of his parents every day. A few years later, his parents passed away one after another. He didn't leave right away either, but built a hut next to his parents' graves to mourn for them.

5. Jie Zi Tui - Dedicated to loyalty and filial piety, steadfast and unyielding

When Chong Er went out of the country in his early years, he was pursued by his father, the Duke of Xian, and then his brother, the Duke of Hui, in Jin. Chong Er was often deprived of food and clothing. According to the "Outer Biography of Han Shi", he fled to the state of Wei one year, where an attendant called Toushu (一作里凫须) stole all of Chong Er's food and fled into the mountains. Chong Er had no food and was starving.

When he begged for food from the farmers, he was teased by the farmers, who used dirt as food. Later, when Chong Er was about to pass out from hunger, in order to let Chong Er live, Jie Zi pushed into a ravine, cut a piece of meat from his leg, and boiled it into soup with the wild vegetables he had picked for Chong Er.

When Chong Er ate it and realized that it was the meat from Jie Zi Tui's leg, Chong Er was greatly touched and claimed that he would repay Jie Zi Tui when he became a king one day. At the time when Chong Er was in trouble, it was rare for Jie Zi Pui to be so liver and brain, loyal and devoted.