English-Chinese translation of Confucius 24 Filial Stories 孔子二十四孝故事。
Original Author: Confucius孔子。
Original text base from: http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/?qid=7007061801253, internet.
My meaning base from: http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/?qid=7007061801253, internet.
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Sage-King Shun's Filial is so pure, that when he farms (before becoming Sage-King), all forest animals come & help him. Is your Filial able to touch Heaven & animals?
When Han Dynasty Emperor Wen's mother is ill, he personally taste her medicine before giving to her. Without asking servants & even without taking his emperor robe off. Is your Filial able to touch your Kingdom.
Zeng Zi's widowed mother is alone at home. She panic when a male guest comes, that she bites blood her finger. Zeng Zi on the hilltop, feel mother pains & go back house. Is your Filial able to connect with mother?
Min Zi Qian's father remarry. His stepmother gives him cold-flower winter clothing, while his stepbrothers have warm-cotton winter clothing. But he still wants his stepmother to stay. Is your Filial able to touch your stepmother's heart?
Poor Zi Lu every few months will pull cart of rice for 100 miles to his old parents. When he becomes Official, however his parents are dead. He: "I rather have my parents alive, than be Official today." Do you Filial your parents that much?
Dong Yong in order to bury his dead father, sell himself as slave. A Heaven Female Angel marries him & produces 300 yards of cloth to redeem him. Is your Filial able to touch Heaven Female Angel?
Tan Zi's parents gone blind. Tan Zi cannot afford fresh deer milk as medicine. So everyday he dresses with deer skin, goes & milk mother deer. When a hunter finds out, catches him a mother deer. Does your Filial means hard works?
Jiang Ge carries his mother to escape in war. When meet robbers, beg to robbers to spare him as he still has a mother to feed. When safe, become servant to feed his mother. Does your Filial means sacrifice?
6 years old Lu Ji is caught hiding & taking oranges out of a dinner party. When question, he says he is taking to his mother who like oranges. Are you that Filial at 6 years old?
Lady Tang's great-grandmother-in-law has no teeth to feed. So Lady Tang uses her breast milk to feed her until she dies. Does your Filial risks your own health?
8 years old Wu Meng's house is infected with mosquitoes & too poor to afford mosquito net. So every summer night, he will takes out his shirt & to feed the mosquitoes so they won't bite his father. Is your Filial able to endure pains?
Wang Xiang's mother wants to eat Li fish in winter. He out of desperation takes out his shirt to warm a hole in winter ground. Out jump 2 Li fishes. Is your Filial able to catch fishes in winter (without fishing equipment)?
Guo Ju & wife decides to bury their son, to save money to feed their old mother. When digging ground, they hit a chest of gold saying: "Heaven gives Filial Guo Ju Couple gold." Does your Filial makes Heaven gives you gold money?
When 14 years old Yang Xiang & father are farming. A tiger bites his father away. Out of desperation, Yang Xiang grasps the neck of the tiger & the tiger lets go, saving his father. Does your Filial means risking your life to fight a tiger?
Zhu Shou is an Official & has not seen her mother for 50 years. When hear news of mother, gives up his Official post to look for his mother. Does your Filial means giving up your high pay job?
When Geng Qian Lou's father is sick, he tastes his father's shits. When serious sweet, he is worried. When good bitter, he is happy. Does you Filial means you will taste shits?
70 years old Lao Lai Zi to entertain his old parents. Dress up colourfully as child & play fall down tricks so on to make parents happy & don't feel bored. Does your Filial outlives your 70 years old age?
Cai Shun picks fruits for his mother during famine. Robbers ask why black fruits in 1 basket, green fruits in basket. He says black is sweet for mother, green is sour for me. Robbers are touched. Is your Filial able to touch even robbers?
9 years old Huang Xiang only has a father. In summer, he fans his father's bed before father sleeps. In winter, he warms his father's bed before father sleeps. Is your Filial so good even at 9 years old?
Jiang Shi couple must buy 2 Li fishes & fetch ocean water to cook the 2 Li fishes for their mother everyday. One day, in their backyard, out come a ocean water spring & 2 Li fishes jump out everyday. Are you able to touch Heaven with your Filial?
Wang Pou's mother is afraid of thunder when she is alive. After her death, whenever there is thunder storms, he will run to his mother's tomb to tell her not to scare as he is around. Do your Filial care even after your mother's death?
Ding Lan makes 2 wooden figures to pray as his parents. His jealous wife prick the wooden figures, real blood come out of the wooden figures & they cry. Is your Filial able to make your dead parents come?
Meng Zong's mother is sick & wants to eat bamboo shoots. How to find during winter? So he cries in front of some bamboos, his tears reaching the ground, out grow some winter bamboo shoots? Is your Filial tears touching Heaven?
Huang Ting Jian when he becomes Official, he still washes his mother toilet bowl every night to fulfill his son duties. Does your Filial remains the same even when you become successful?