Famous quotes about filial piety
1. [Original text]
Disciples will be filial when they enter, and they will be fraternal when they leave. ——(Spring and Autumn Period) "The Analects·Xueer"
[Translation]
Young disciples should respect their parents at home and live in harmony with their brothers when going out.
2. [Original text]
Don’t be slow when your parents call you; don’t be lazy when doing your parents’ orders. ——(Qing Dynasty) Li Yuxiu's "Disciple Regulations"
[Translation]
When parents call, you must quickly agree; when parents give orders, you should quickly do it.
3. [Original text]
The first is a filial brother, and the second is faithfulness. ——(Qing Dynasty) Li Yuxiu's "Disciple Regulations"
[Translation]
First of all, you must be filial to your parents and respect your brothers. Secondly, you must be cautious and keep your word.
4. [Original text]
If you are filial to your relatives, your children will be filial, and if you are respectful to others, you will be admired by others. ——(Song Dynasty) Lin Bu's "Saving Mind Record"
[Translation]
If you are filial to your parents, your children will also be filial to you; if you respect others, others will also respect you. .
5. [Original text]
Sheep have the kindness of kneeling down to breastfeed, and crows have the kindness of feeding back. ——(Qing Dynasty) "Zengguang Xianwen"
[Translation]
The little lamb knelt down to suck milk, and the little crow could in turn feed old Wu Ya to repay his parents for their upbringing. of grace.
6. [Original text]
There are three kinds of filial piety. The first is respecting relatives, the second is not humiliating, and the third is being able to support.
[Translation]
Filial piety has three points. The first is to respect parents, the second is not to bring shame to parents with one's words and deeds, and the third is to be able to provide for parents.
7. [Original text]
A husband’s filial piety is the scripture of heaven and the meaning of earth. ——(Pre-Qin Dynasty) "The Classic of Filial Piety"
[Translation]
Filial piety is a matter of course.
8. [Original text]
If you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a son. ——(Warring States) Meng Ke's "Mencius Li Lou Shang"
[Translation]
(In Shun's eyes) The relationship between the son and his parents was not good, He cannot be a human being; if a son cannot obey his parents' wishes in everything, he cannot be a son.
(2) And recommending others
9. [Original text]
Old people are like the old people, young people are like the young people. ——(Warring States) Meng Ke's "Mencius Liang Huishang"
[Translation]
Be filial to your elders, and extend this feeling to others; nurture yourself children and extend this feeling to other people's children.
10. [Original text]
Those who love their relatives dare not be evil to others, and those who respect their relatives dare not be rude to others. ——(Pre-Qin Dynasty) "The Book of Filial Piety: Chapter of the Son of Heaven"
[Translation]
If you love your own elders, you will not dare to treat other people's elders badly; if you respect and love your own elders, you will Don't dare to neglect other people's old people.
The full text of the 24 ancient filial piety stories
01 The legendary ancient emperor, one of the Five Emperors, had a surname of Yao, a given name of Chonghua, a name of Yu, and a history name of Yu Shun.
According to legend, his father Gusou, stepmother, and half-brother Xiang tried to kill him many times: when they asked Shun to repair the roof of the barn, they set fire to it from under the barn. The two bamboo hats jumped down and escaped; when Shun was asked to dig a well, Gusou and Xiang went down to fill the well, and Shun dug a tunnel to escape. Afterwards, Shun showed no resentment and was still respectful to his father and loving to his younger brother. His filial piety moved
the Emperor of Heaven. When Shun was farming in Mount Li, elephants plowed the land for him and birds weeded for him. Emperor Yao heard that Shun was very filial and capable of handling political affairs, so he married his two daughters Ehuang and Nvying to him. After years of observation and testing, he chose Shun. Be his heir. After Shun ascended the throne as emperor, he went to visit his father. He was still respectful and made Xiang a prince.
02 Taste the decoction for yourself
Emperor Liu Heng of Han Dynasty, 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 (180 BC).
He is known all over the world for his benevolence and filial piety, and he never slackens 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. During his 24-year reign, he emphasized moral governance, promoted etiquette, and paid attention to the development of agriculture, which made the Western Han Dynasty stable, the population prosperous, and the economy recovered and developed. He and the Han Dynasty The reign of Emperor Jing was known as the "Government of Wen and Jing".
03 It hurts to bite the finger
Zeng Shen, courtesy name Ziyu, was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a proud disciple of Confucius and was known as "Zengzi" in the world for his filial piety
say. When he was young, his family was poor and he often went into the mountains to collect firewood. One day, a guest came to the house, and my mother was at a loss, so she bit her own finger with her teeth. Zeng Shen suddenly felt distressed. Knowing that his mother was calling him, he quickly returned home carrying firewood and knelt down to ask why. His mother said, "A guest came unexpectedly. I am biting my fingers in hope that you will come back." Zeng Shen then received the guest and treated him with courtesy.
Zeng Shen was very knowledgeable and once proposed the self-cultivation method of "I should examine myself three times in a day" ("The Analects of Confucius·Xueer"). It is said that he wrote Confucian classics such as "Great Learning" and "The Classic of Filial Piety". Respect him as the "Zongsheng".
04 A Hundred Miles Away
Zhong Yuan, also known as Zilu or Jilu, was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and a proud disciple of Confucius. He had a straightforward and brave character,
very Filial piety. In his early years, his family was poor, so he often picked wild vegetables to make meals, but he carried rice home from hundreds of miles away to serve his parents.
After the death of his parents, he became a high official and was ordered to go to the state of Chu. He was accompanied by hundreds of chariots and horses, and he had as much grain as ten thousand bells. Sitting on the folded brocade mattress and eating a sumptuous feast, he often missed his parents and sighed: "Even if I want to eat wild vegetables and go out to carry rice for my parents, where can I get it again?" Confucius praised and said: "You serve your parents with your best when you are alive, but you will miss them after you die." ("Confucius's Family Sayings")
05 Lu Yi Shun Mu
Min Sun, whose courtesy name was Ziqian, was a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period and a disciple of Confucius. He was as famous as Yan Yuan in the Confucian sect for his virtue.
Confucius once praised him and said: "How filial, Min Ziqian!" ("The Analects·Advanced"). His biological mother died early, and his father married a second wife and gave birth to two more sons. His stepmother often abused him. In winter, his two younger brothers wore winter clothes made of cotton, but they gave him "cotton clothes" made of reed catkins. One day, when his father went out, Min Sun shivered due to the cold while pulling the cart. He dropped the rope
and was scolded and whipped by his father. Damage
Being abused. The father returned home and wanted to divorce his second wife. Min Sun knelt down and begged his father to forgive his stepmother, saying, "If I leave my mother, I will be the only one to suffer the cold. If I divorce her, the three children will suffer the cold." His father was very moved and obeyed him. Stepmother
After hearing this, she regretted her mistake and treated him like her own son from then on.
06 Deer’s Milk Blessing
Tanzi, a native of the Spring and Autumn Period. My parents are old and suffer from eye diseases, so they need to drink deer milk to treat them. He put on deerskin and went into the mountains,
hiding among the deer, squeezed the deer's milk, and offered it to his parents. One time when he was collecting milk, he saw a hunter about to shoot a muntjac deer. Tanzi hurriedly picked up the deer skin and walked out. He told the hunter about the fact that he had squeezed deer milk to treat his parents' illness. The hunter respected him. Filial piety,
gives him deer milk and escorts him out of the mountain.
07 Playing and entertaining relatives
Lao Laizi, a hermit from Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period, farmed at the southern foot of Mount Meng to avoid the chaos. He was filial to his parents and served them as many delicacies as possible. He was still young at the age of 70. He often wore colorful clothes and played like a child with a rattle in his hand to make his parents happy. Once when he was delivering water to his parents, he fell when he entered the house. He was afraid that his parents would be sad, so he simply lay down on the ground.
Imitate a child crying and an elder laughing.
08 Sold himself to bury his father
Dong Yong, according to legend, was a native of Qiancheng (now the north of Gaoqing County, Shandong Province) during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He lost his mother when he was young and moved to avoid the war
< p>Anlu (now part of Hubei). Later, his father died, and Dong Yong sold himself as a slave to a wealthy family in exchange for funeral expenses. On the way to workOn the way to work, I met a woman under the shade of a locust tree and said she was homeless. The two got married. The woman spent one month weaving three hundred pieces of brocade to pay Dong Yong's debt and redeem himself. On her way home, she walked to Huaiyin and told Dong Yong: She was the son of the Emperor of Heaven.
A woman was ordered to help Dong Yong pay off his debts. After speaking, he flew away in the air. Therefore, Huaiyin was renamed Xiaogan.
09 Carving wood for marriage
Ding Lan, according to legend, was a native of Hanoi (now north of Henan and Yellow River) during the Eastern Han Dynasty. His parents died when he was young, and he often missed him
Due to the nurturing grace of his parents, he carved statues of his parents out of wood. Everything was discussed with the wooden statues as if they were real. He served his parents three meals a day before eating them, and he must inform them before going out. , I will definitely meet you when I get home and never slack off.
As time went by, his wife lost respect for the wooden statue and curiously pricked the wooden statue's fingers with a needle, and blood
bleed out of the wooden statue's fingers. When Ding Lan came home and saw tears in the eyes of the wooden statue, he asked about the truth, so he abandoned his wife.
10 Working as a servant to support his mother
Jiang Ge, a native of Linzi, Qi State during the Eastern Han Dynasty, lost his father when he was young and served his mother with great filial piety. During the war, Jiang Ge fled with his mother on his back. He encountered bandits several times. The thieves wanted to kill him. Jiang Ge cried: his mother is old and has no one to support him. The thieves will see her. He was filial and could not bear to kill him. Later, he moved to Xiapi, Jiangsu Province and worked as a hired worker to support his mother. He was poor and barefoot, but his mother's needs were abundant. During the reign of Emperor Ming, he was elected as filial and honest, and during the reign of Emperor Zhang, he was elected as virtuous and upright, and was appointed as a lieutenant general with five senses
11 Huaiju's deceased relative
Lu Ji, Huating (Huating, Wu County, Wu State during the Three Kingdoms period) Songjiang, present-day Shanghai), a scientist. When he was six years old, he followed his father Lu Kang to Jiujiang to meet Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu entertained him with oranges, but Lu Ji hid two oranges in his arms. Before leaving, the oranges
tumbled to the ground. Yuan Shu laughed and said, "Lu Lang came to my house as a guest. Do you want to carry the owner's oranges when you leave?"
Lu Ji He replied: "My mother likes to eat oranges. I want to take them back and give them to my mother to try."
"Yuan Shu was very surprised to see that he knew how to be filial to his mother at such a young age. When Lu Ji became an adult, he became erudite and knowledgeable, proficient in astronomy and calendar calculations. He once wrote "Hun Map of the Sky" ", annotated the "Book of Changes", and wrote the "Annotation of Taixuan Jing"
12 Buried son to serve his mother
Guo Ju, a native of Longli (now Linxian County, Henan) in the Jin Dynasty. It is said that he was born in Wenxian County, Hanoi (southwest of Wenxian County, Henan Province today).
After his father's death, he divided the family property into two shares and gave them to his two younger brothers. He was solely supported by his mother.
He was very filial to his mother. Later, his family gradually became poor and his wife gave birth to a boy. Guo Ju was worried that raising this child would inevitably affect his support for his mother. So he discussed with his wife: "Son." Again, if the mother dies and cannot be resurrected, it is better to bury the son and save some food to support the mother. "When they were digging a hole, they suddenly saw a jar of gold two feet underground. They wrote, "Guo Ju is a gift from God. Officials cannot take it, and the people cannot take it." The couple got the gold, went home to honor their mother, and Being able to raise children at the same time.
13 Fan Pillow and Warm Quilt
Huang Xiang, a native of Jiangxia'an, Eastern Han Dynasty, lost his mother at the age of nine and was very filial to his father. Pillow mat; Use your body to warm your father's quilt in the cold winter. When he was young, he was well versed in classics and his literary talent was widely spread in the capital. -125 years) when he was the governor of Wei County (now part of Hebei Province), Wei County suffered a flood. Huang Xiang did everything he could to help the victims and wrote "Nine Palaces Fu" and "Ode to the Emperor's Crown". /p>
14 Picking up strange weapons
Cai Shun, a native of Runan (now Henan) in the Han Dynasty, lost his father when he was young and was very filial to his mother. It was the time of Wang Mang's rebellion.
Another famine happened, and firewood and rice were expensive, so the mother and her son had to pick up mulberries to satisfy their hunger. One day, they met the Red Eyebrow Army. The rebel soldiers asked sternly: "Why are the red mulberries and black mulberries packed separately?" In two baskets? Cai Shun replied: "
The black mulberries are for my mother to eat, and the red mulberries are for myself." " The Red Eyebrow Army took pity on his filial piety and gave him
Three measures of white rice and a cow, taking them back to worship his mother as a show of respect.
15 Yongquan Yueli< /p>
Jiang Shi, a native of Guanghan, Sichuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, married Pang. They were a filial couple. Their home was six or seven miles away from the Yangtze River. Pang often went to the river to fetch her mother-in-law for a drink. The mother-in-law loved to eat fish, so the couple often cooked fish for her to eat. Her mother-in-law didn't want to eat it alone, so they invited a neighbor's old lady to eat with her. Jiang Shi suspected that she was neglecting her mother and kicked her out of the house. Pang lived in a neighbor's house, spinning and weaving day and night, and asked her neighbors to send her savings home. Later, her mother-in-law learned about Pang's expulsion and asked Jiang Shi to invite him back. On the day Pang came home, spring water suddenly spewed out of the courtyard, and the taste was the same as that of the Yangtze River. Similarly, two carps jumped out every day.
From then on, Pang used these to worship his mother-in-law, so he no longer had to go far to the riverside.
16 Wen Lei Weeping Tomb
Wang Pei was born in Yingling (now southeast of Changle, Shandong) during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. His father Wang Yi was killed by Sima Zhao.
He lived in seclusion and devoted his life to teaching. Sitting in the west means that he will never become a minister of the Jin Dynasty. His mother was afraid of thunder when she was alive. After her death, she was buried in the mountains and forests. Whenever she heard thunder in stormy weather, he would run to her grave and kneel down to comfort her. The mother said:
“Pei’er is here, mother, don’t be afraid. "When he was teaching, whenever he read the chapter "Polygonum", he would often burst into tears
and miss his parents.
17 Nanny is not idle
Cui Shannan, named, was from Boling (now part of Hebei Province) in the Tang Dynasty. He was an official at Shannan West Road and was known as "Shannan".
At that time, Cui Shannan's great-grandmother, Mrs. Changsun, was old. Her teeth fell out, and her grandmother, Mrs. Tang, was very filial. After washing herself every day, she would go to the church to feed her mother-in-law with her own milk. For several years, Mrs. Changsun no longer ate any other food.
Her health Still healthy. When Mrs. Changsun was seriously ill, she gathered the whole family together and said: "I can't repay the bride for her kindness. I hope that the bride's descendants will respect her as she respects me." "Later Cui Shannan became a high-ranking official, and he followed Mrs. Zhangsun's instructions to honor his grandmother, Mrs. Tang.
18 Lying on the ice to ask for carp
Wang Xiang, Langya people, his biological mother died early, and his stepmother Zhu said bad things about him in front of his father many times, which made him lose his father's love. When his parents were sick, he was ill-dressed to serve him, and his stepmother wanted to eat live carp, which was a good time. It was freezing cold, so he took off his clothes. Lying on the ice, the ice suddenly melted and two carps jumped out. After his stepmother ate it, Wang Xiang recovered from his illness and lived in seclusion for twenty years.
In the past few years, he later became the magistrate of Wen County and became the great Sinong, Sikong, and Taiwei.
19 Zhimoshenghexue
Wu Meng, a native of Puyang in the Jin Dynasty, was eight years old. He knew how to honor his parents. The family was poor and had no mosquito nets. Mosquito bites prevented his father from sleeping peacefully. Every summer night, Wu Meng would sit naked in front of his father's bed, letting the mosquitoes bite him without driving them away.
p>I am worried that mosquitoes will leave me and bite my father.
20 Kill the tiger to save his father
Yang Xiang, a native of the Jin Dynasty. When she was fourteen years old, she went to the fields to harvest rice with her father. Suddenly, a fierce tiger ran up and knocked her father down
and took her father away. Yang Xiang was unarmed and jumped forward in a hurry to save her father, regardless of her own safety. , using all his strength
to strangle the tiger's throat. The tiger finally let go of his father and ran away
21 Weeping bamboo shoots
Meng Zong, a native of Jiangxia during the Three Kingdoms period, his father died when he was young, his mother was old and seriously ill, and the doctor ordered him to make soup with fresh bamboo shoots .
It was a severe winter and there were no fresh bamboo shoots. Meng Zong had no choice but to run into the bamboo forest alone, holding the bamboo and crying. After a while, he suddenly heard the sound of cracking in the ground and saw several tender bamboo shoots growing on the ground. Meng Zong was overjoyed and took it back to make soup. After drinking it, his mother recovered from her illness. Later, he served as an official in Sikong
22 Taste the Feces and Worry
Yu Qianlou, a senior scholar in the Southern Qi Dynasty, served as the magistrate of Xiaoling County. Less than ten days after taking office, I suddenly felt frightened and sweating. I had a premonition that something was going on at home, so I immediately resigned and returned home. When I got home, I found out that my father had been seriously ill for two days. The doctor said: "To know whether the patient's condition is good or bad, just taste the patient's feces. It tastes bitter." Qian Lou then tasted his father's feces and found that
It tastes sweet and is very worried. At night, he kneels down and worships the Big Dipper, begging to die in his father's place. A few days later, his father died. Guizhou
Lou buried his father and stayed there for three years.
23 Abandoning his official position to find his mother
Zhu Shouchang, a Tianchang man in the Song Dynasty, when he was seven years old, his biological mother Liu was jealous of her aunt (father's first wife) and had to
He remarried someone else, and there was no contact between mother and son for fifty years. During the reign of Shenzong, Zhu Shouchang was an official in the court. He wrote the "Diamond Sutra" with blood, and traveled far and wide to find his biological mother. After getting clues, he decided to abandon his official position and go to Shaanxi to look for his biological mother, vowing not to see her forever.
Does not return. Finally, I met my biological mother and two younger brothers in Shaanzhou. Mother and son happily reunited and returned together. At this time, my mother was already in her seventies
More than ten years old.
24 Diqin drowning device
Huang Tingjian, a native of Fenning (now Xiushui, Jiangxi) in the Northern Song Dynasty, was 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 toilet bowl for his mother, and never forgot his son's responsibilities.