The story of filial piety in Xiaogan

Huang Xiang, a native of Anlu (now Yunmeng) in Jiangxia, Eastern Han Dynasty, lost his mother at the age of nine and his father was extremely filial. Fan a cool pillow for my father in cool summer; Warm my father's bedding with my body in cold winter. I learned a lot of classics when I was a teenager, and my literary talent was flying. In the capital, it is widely circulated that "a westward journey, a yellow teenager in Jiangxia". An Di (107- 125) was the satrap of Wei County (now Hebei Province) at that time. Wei County was flooded and tried his best to help the victims. He is the author of Jiugong Fu and Ode to the Crown of the Son of Heaven.

He cried until the bamboo sprouted.

Meng Zong, a native of Jiangxia in the Three Kingdoms, lost his father when he was a teenager and his mother was seriously ill. The doctor told him to make soup with fresh bamboo shoots. It was winter and there were no fresh bamboo shoots. Meng Zong had nothing to do, so he ran to the bamboo forest alone and held the bamboo to cry. After a while, he suddenly heard a crack on the ground and saw some tender bamboo shoots growing on the ground. Meng Zong was overjoyed and picked it back to make soup. After drinking it, his mother really recovered. Later, he became an official.

Sell yourself and bury your father.

According to legend, Yong Dong was a native of Gancheng (now north of gaoqing county, Shandong Province) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He lost his mother in his teens and moved to Anlu (now Hubei Province) for desertion. Later, when his father died, Yong Dong sold himself to a rich family as a slave in exchange for funeral expenses. On my way to work, I met a woman in the shade and claimed to be homeless, so they got married. This woman knitted 300 pieces of brocade in January to pay off Yong Dong's debts. She went to Huaiyin on her way home. The woman told Yong Dong that she was the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven and was ordered to help Yong Dong pay his debts. Say that finish volley. So Huaiyin changed its name to Xiaogan.

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