Text/Tian Huaiyou
Wang Xiang (184, 180 – 30 April 268), courtesy name Xiuzheng. A native of Linyi (present-day Xixiaoyou Village, Linyi City, Shandong Province), he was a minister of the Three Kingdoms of Cao Wei and the Western Jin Dynasty.
Wang Xiang lived in seclusion for twenty years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and in Cao Wei, he successively served as a county commander, a great si nong, a sikong, and a taiwei, and was knighted as the Marquis of Suiling. The Western Jin Dynasty was established, worshiping the Taibao and entering the Suiling Duke. He died in the fourth year of the Tai Dynasty (268), at the age of eighty-five (1089), with the posthumous name "Yuan". There is an article "Testament for Training Descendants" that has been handed down.
Wang Xiang served his stepmother Ji Xiaoxiao, and was the master of one of the twenty-four filial pieties, "Lying on the Ice and Asking for Carp", known as "Filial Piety".
Idiom Story | Lying on the ice for carp
[Source]: Jin Ganbao's "Search for God" Volume 11: The mother often wants to give birth to fish, when the weather is cold and frozen, Xiang undresses, will cut the ice to seek it, the ice suddenly dissolves itself, and the double carp jumps out. ”
During the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Wang Xiang in Lang evil Linyi, who was particularly filial to his parents. When Wang Xiang was young, Wang Xiang's mother died. Later, Zhu became Wang Xiang's stepmother. Zhu Shi was not good to Wang Xiang, often scolding Wang Xiang, and often said that Wang Xiang was not good in front of his father. Gradually, his father also began to be bad for Wang Xiang. Always let Wang Xiang do some dirty work. Sleeping at night also allowed him to be inside the barn. But Wang Xiang never complained.
Later, Wang Xiang's parents had a serious illness, and they were bedridden for several years, and they could only solve it in bed when they ate, drank, and slept. The whole family relies on Wang Xiang to support them, and they also have to take care of their seriously ill parents, but Wang Xiang works hard and complains. One winter, stepmother Zhu wanted to eat fish. The family was very poor, there was no money to buy fish, and it was winter, it was cold, the river was frozen, the river was frozen with thick ice, and it was impossible to go into the water to catch fish.
There was no way, Wang Xiang could only lie naked on the ice, using the temperature of his body to melt the ice, after a long time, the ice opened a crack, Wang Xiang was also frozen and dying. At this time, two carp jumped out from the crack, and Wang Xiang's eyes were fast, and he grabbed the carp. Crying with joy, Wang Xiang went home holding two fish and made delicious fish soup for his stepmother. Later, the stepmother wanted to eat the roasted yellow finch, but the yellow finch was difficult to catch, and when Wang Xiang was worried, suddenly dozens of yellow finches flew into his bird-catching net, and he was very happy, and then he used it to worship the stepmother. His actions have become a good story in the countryside of Shili.
People praised Wang Xiang as a rare filial piety in the world. There is a poem that says: The stepmother has it in the world, but Wang Xiang has no world; so far, on the river, there are ice molds left.
Wang Xiang's "Testament to Training Descendants"
【Original】
Husbands are born and die, the principles of nature. I am eighty-five years old, and I hate it. There is no last word, so that Er is speechless.
Gao Chai wept blood for three years, the master called it foolishness, Min Zi saw the funeral, Yuanqin cut and mourned, and Zhongni called filial piety. Therefore, the mourning of weeping, the sun and the moon killing, the appropriate diet, the own system.
Husbands can be covered in words and deeds, and they believe in them; they can promote beauty and lead evil, and virtue is also true; they are famous and distinguished, and filial piety is also true; brothers are yiyi, clans are happy, and they are also happy; and they are not too rich to let go. These five are the foundation of the body.
【Translation】
There is life and death, which is a law of nature and is not affected by external influences. I am eighty-five years old this year, and I have no regrets at the end of my life. There are no last words that make you unreasonable.
Gao Chai wept with great sorrow for three years, Confucius said he was stupid; Min Di appeared at the funeral ceremony, mourning and playing the piano with sorrow and sorrow, very sincerely, confucius said that he was filial piety. So the grief of weeping, the cessation of mourning decreased over time, and the rational behavior of eating and drinking naturally had its own norms.
This is the highest state of honesty; giving up a good reputation to others and being willing to bear notoriety is the highest state of virtue; making parents feel glorious through their own fame is the highest state of filial piety; the highest state of friendship between brothers is happy and the family is harmonious; and it is the highest state of fraternity in the face of wealth. These five aspects are the foundation for standing in the world.
Tian Huaiyou, a native of Qingdao, Shandong. He is a member of Qingdao Writers Association, Shandong Prose Literature Society, and China Prose Literature Association, and his works are scattered in domestic newspapers and online platforms.
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