The meaning of Zhu Shouchang abandoning his official position to seek his mother

It tells the story of Zhu Shouchang giving up being an official in order to find his mother. This is the twenty-third story in "Twenty-Four Filial Piety".

In the Song Dynasty, there was a man named Zhu Shouchang, who was also a well-known filial son. His biological mother was Mrs. Liu, and his first wife was jealous that she had a child and drove her out of the Zhu family. Since then, mother and son have been separated and have not been able to see each other for fifty years.

For fifty years, he missed his mother all the time. Everywhere he went as an official, he would look for traces of her. But it’s not easy to find someone in a huge crowd.

When Song Shenzong was in power, he no longer wanted to be an official and decided to resign his official position to find his mother. Before leaving, he informed his family of his decision and swore: "If I can't find my mother, I will never go home in this life!"

This time, he focused on finding his mother in Qin ( Today's Shaanxi). Later, after going through all kinds of hardships, he finally found his mother in Tongzhou (now Dali County, Shaanxi Province). Liu was already in her seventies at that time.

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Other stories of filial piety in "Twenty-Four Filial Piety":

1. Picking up strange weapons

Cai Shun, A native of Runan (now part of Henan) in the Han Dynasty, he lost his father when he was young and was very filial to his mother. At that time, Wang Mang was in chaos and there was famine. Firewood and rice were expensive, so they had to pick mulberries and their children to satisfy their hunger.

One day, I met the Red Eyebrow Army by chance. The Red Eyebrow Army soldier asked: "Why are the red mulberries and black mulberries put in two baskets separately?"

Cai Shun replied He said: "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 two measures of white rice and an ox hoof as a mark of respect.

2. Wen Lei Weeping Tomb

Wang Pei was born in Yingling (now southeast of Changle, Shandong) during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He was erudite and versatile. His father Wang Yi was killed by Sima Zhao. He lived in seclusion and devoted himself to teaching. He never sat facing the west throughout his life, indicating that he would never become a minister of the Jin Dynasty. His mother was afraid of thunder when she was alive and was buried in the mountains and forests after her death.

Whenever it was windy and rainy and he heard thunder, he would run to his mother's grave, kneel down and comfort her, saying: "Pei'er is here, mother, don't be afraid." When he was teaching, whenever he read " "Polygonum", I often burst into tears, missing my parents.

3. 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 was old and had no one to support him. Seeing his filial piety, the thieves 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 had many needs. During the reign of Emperor Ming, he was promoted to be filial and honest, and during the reign of Emperor Zhang, he was promoted to be virtuous and upright, and he was appointed as a lieutenant general with five senses.

4. Fan Pillow Warm Quilt

Huang Xiang, a native of Xia'anlu, Jiangxi Province of the Eastern Han Dynasty, lost his mother at the age of nine and was extremely filial to his father. In the hot summer, she fanned her father's pillow and mat to cool down; in the cold winter, she used her body to warm her father's bedding. When he was young, he was well versed in classics and his literary talent was soaring that "unparalleled in the world, the yellow fragrance of Jiangxia" was widely spread in the capital.

Emperor An (107-125) was the governor of Wei County (now part of Hebei Province). Wei County suffered from floods, and Huang Xiang did everything he could to help the victims. He is the author of "Ode to the Nine Palaces", "Ode to the Emperor's Crown", etc.

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