Translation: There was a filial son named Li Weihuang in Qujiang, Jiading, whose nickname was Yuguang.

His father, Li Yanshi, died ten years after his dutiful son was born.

There was no food stored in the house, so the mother sewed clothes to provide for her filial son to study in a foreign school. The filial son cried and said: "It is the duty of children to support their parents. Sons cannot support their mothers, but they have to rely on them.

How can the son feel at ease when the mother feeds him?" So he gave up his studies, worked hard on farming, bought rare food, and fed it to his mother, while he preferred to eat plain food.

When his mother had a disease in her throat, he fed her with a spoon.

However, my mother vomited every time she was fed for three consecutive days and nights, making it difficult to swallow the food.

The filial son cried out to heaven for help, and his mother dreamed that a god was pricking her with a needle and said, "I pity your son's filial piety." When he woke up, he was sweating profusely.

In the autumn of the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign, a sudden sea breeze blew, and the city was billowed with torrents.

The house of the dutiful son had leaks, and the house shook in the middle of the night.

The filial son quickly picked up his mother and lay down under the table.

After a while, all the houses in front and behind collapsed, and only the place where they took shelter remained intact.

The filial son's father passed away more than a year ago, and his grandfather also passed away.

When my grandfather was buried, it was the severe winter. The filial son's body was already weak, and his hands, the color of charcoal, were frozen in the heavy snow.

Several craftsmen who were responsible for building the tomb lit hemp ropes to warm him, and then soaked him in hot water. Only then did he regain his consciousness and claim it.

Died at the age of fifty-five.

Before he died, he held his mother in his arms and cried bitterly, telling his children to serve their grandmother well.

It is said that when he was young, he slept in a thatch and mourned for his father for three years.

Every time he goes out, his neighbors point to him and say: "Little filial son, little filial son."

That's probably his nature (filial piety).

In the thirtieth year of Qianlong's reign, officials reported his filial piety to the court, built an archway in Qujiang, and built an auditorium next to the archway.

Comment: In the book "The Book of Filial Piety", the content used by saints to educate children has reached its extreme.

However, the world is using reading to seek filial piety, but the children of the Li family gave up studying just because of filial piety. Why is this?

"The Doctrine of the Mean" says: "Following nature is called Tao, and learning to follow nature is called teaching." In ancient times, those who could do things according to nature did not need to wait for enlightenment (education).

Otherwise, the loving bird feeds the mother bird, and the lamb kneels to suck milk. What books have they read?

Original text: There was a filial son named Li Weihuang, named Yuguang, who lived in Qujiang, Jiading.

The father, Yan Shi, gave birth to a filial son and died ten years ago. The family had no livestock, and the mother had stitches in order for the filial son to go to a private school.

He cried and said: "It is the duty of a child to raise a relative. A child does not support his mother, but relies on his mother to support his child. How can a child's heart be at peace?" So he gave up writing history and farmed diligently, selling rare and strange food to the mother, but he was content to eat nothing.

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The mother has a throat disease, and when she drinks from a spoon, the sound does not go down for three days and nights.

The filial son called to heaven for help, and the mother dreamed that a god was stabbing her with a needle and said: "I am sorry for my son's filial piety." She woke up and recovered after sweating.

In the autumn of the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign, the sea breeze rose and there were waves in the city. The filial son lived in his old house and the house was shaken in the middle of the night.

Before and after, the house collapsed and the place of refuge was left alone.

The filial son's father died more than a year ago, and the eldest father also died.

It's so reckless, it's extremely cold, my body is so weak, my hands are charred and dusty, and I'm frozen in the heavy snow.

There were several tomb builders who covered it with fire and fell into soup. Naisu died at the age of fifty-five.

When he died, he held his mother in great mourning and asked his lonely mother to do good deeds.

According to legend, when he was young, his father died and he slept in a thatch. He wailed for three years. Every time he came in or out, his neighbors would say: "Little filial son, little filial son."

Just because of his nature.

In the 30th year of Qianlong's reign, the officials heard about it and built a square in Qujiang and a temple next to it.

Commentary: In the Book of Filial Piety, the sage is the one who teaches the sons of men.

However, people in the world only read books to seek filial piety, but Li Xiao's son abandoned books just because of filial piety. Why?

Zhongyong said: "The way to follow one's nature is called Tao, and the practice of Tao is called teaching." In ancient times, those who could follow one's nature did not need to be taught.

Otherwise, if the loving crow feeds back and the lamb kneels to breastfeed, what book will he read?

From: "Xiaocangshanfang Collection" Introduction to the work: "Xiaocangshanfang Collection", written by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty.

Mei once built a garden in Xiaocangshan, Jiangning (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), and named his room "Xiaocangshanfang", hence the name.

Eighty-two volumes.

There are thirty-seven volumes of chronological poetry, two volumes of supplements, twenty-four volumes of collected works, eleven volumes of sequels, and eight volumes of external collections.

There is an engraving during the Qianlong period.

There are also "Yuan Wen Jian Zheng" and "Supplementary Notes" by Shi Yunyu, and Zou Shurong's "Yuan Wen Jian Zheng Supplement". Introduction to the author: Yuan Mei (March 25, 1716 - January 3, 1798), courtesy name Zicai, nicknamed Jian Zhai

In his later years, he called himself Cangshan layman, master of Suiyuan, and old man of Suiyuan.

A native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), his ancestral home is Cixi, Zhejiang.

Representative poets, essayists, literary critics and gourmets during the Qianjia and Qing Dynasties.

In the fourth year of Qianlong's reign (1739), he was awarded the title of Jinshi (Jinshi) and was awarded the title of "Shujishi" by the Hanlin Academy.

In the seventh year of Qianlong's reign (1742), he was transferred to Jiangsu and served successively as county magistrates in Lishui, Jiangning, Jiangpu and Shuyang for seven years. As an official, he was well-known for his political diligence, but his official career was not smooth and he had no intention of getting a salary; in the fourteenth year of Qianlong's reign (1749)

) resigned from office and lived in seclusion in Suiyuan, Xiaocangshan, Nanjing, where he chanted poems and gained many poetry disciples, especially female disciples.

In the second year of Jiaqing (1797), Yuan Mei died at the age of 82. After his death, he was buried in Baibupo, Nanjing, and was known as "Mr. Suiyuan" in the world.

Yuan Mei advocated the "Xingling Theory", and together with Zhao Yi and Jiang Shiquan, they were known as the "Three Great Masters of Qianjia" (or the Three Great Masters of Jiangyou). Together with Zhao Yi and Zhang Wentao, they were also known as the "Three Great Masters of Xingling School" and were the "Three Great Masters of Xingling School" in the Qing Dynasty.

One of the "Eight Masters of Parallel Prose".