Zeng Shen's wife went to the fair, and her son cried after her. His mother said, "Go home. When I get back, I'll kill the pig for you."
When his wife came to the market, Ceng Zi wanted to arrest and kill her. The wife no longer said, "I play with the baby!" " " ?
His wife came back from the market, and Ceng Zi wanted to catch a pig and kill it. His wife stopped at once and said, "I'm just joking with the children!" " "
Ceng Zi said, "Babies have nothing to do with play. Babies must be knowledgeable, treat their parents and scholars, and listen to their parents. Today's son deceives him, but also teaches him to bully him. A mother deceives her son and distrusts her mother instead of becoming an adult. " So Ceng Zi cooked the pig for the baby.
Ceng Zi said, "You can't joke with children. When children are young, they should learn from their parents, be teachers and listen to their education. Now if you lie to him, you are teaching the child to lie. If the mother deceives the child, the child will not believe her mother, and it will be difficult to teach him in the future. " So I killed the pig and cooked.
Appreciate that like father, like son, there is truth and sincerity. Therefore, every move and smile will either infect or hurt people; The former will have the effect of returning a peach to Li, while the latter will be worried about returning evil for good. Ceng Zi knew this well, so he didn't care about the superficial gains and losses, and only took honesty as the foundation.
The classical Chinese "Zeng Shen Jiao Zi" vividly compares the principle of honesty education. Parents are the first teachers of the children. Parents should set an honest example for their children with their own actions and let them develop an honest and trustworthy character. The story teaches us to be an honest and trustworthy person, who keeps his word and is respected by everyone, no matter who he is.
Zeng Shen, a native of Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, was a disciple of Confucius. Calm temperament, steady behavior, cautious, courteous, known for filial piety. He once put forward the idea of "pursuing the distance carefully and respecting people's morality" and the cultivation method of "saving my body three times a day" It is said that "University" with self-cultivation as its main content is his work.