Wang Xianghe and Zhuge Liang were contemporaries, three years younger than Zhuge Liang. Wang Xiang is most praised for his filial piety. His mother Xue died early, and Wang Xiang's object of filial piety is his stepmother Zhu. As the old saying goes, kindness is filial, but this Zhu is recognized as an unkind person.

Not only will she not take the initiative to care about Wang Xiang, but she will often tell lies in front of Wang Xiang's biological father, which makes Wang Xiang's father hate Wang Xiang more and more. Isn't this what the old folk saying says? If you have a stepmother, you have a stepmother.

Without the support and care of her biological father, Wang Xiang is instructed by her stepmother to do the hardest and most tiring work every day, such as cleaning the cowshed and picking up cow dung. Speaking of which, people think of Wang Erxiao who was herding cattle.

However, Wang Xiang is at the age of studying. Why does he have to do these chores every day? Is the Wangs really poor enough to ask Wang Xiang to do these things? Are there really no servants in their family?

Let's talk about the Wangs of Langya. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Wangs were the greatest aristocratic family in Shandong. There is a cloud in the Tang Dynasty, "In the old days, Wang Xie Tang died in front of Yan and flew into the homes of ordinary people".

Xie Jia has produced a prime minister like Xie An, and a talented person like Xie Lingyun. Xie Lingyun once claimed that there were only ten talents in the world, Cao Zijian had eight, and he took one. Others could only carve up the rest. In addition to these two, Xie Shi, Xie Xuan, Xie Daowen and other talented women were born in the court.

However, as far as fame is concerned, the Wangs are still ahead of the Xie family. Wang Xiang has a half-brother, Wang Lan, who is the child of Wang Xiang's stepmother Zhu. There are many dignitaries and celebrities in Wang Lan's descendants, the most famous of which are Prime Minister Wang Dao and great calligrapher Wang Xizhi. Wang Xiang's branch has also produced many celebrities.

The Wangs lasted for more than 3 years, which was more prosperous than the imperial court with frequent changes at that time. Its family glory lasted from the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Some people associate it with Rong Ning's Second Mansion, and write a poem: "A Dream of Red Mansions with glitz through the ages, a lonely Wang Xiejia for a hundred years."

Wang Xiang and Wang Lan are the first generation of the Wang family in Langya. They started with filial piety and stepped onto the historical stage. Wang Xiang was ranked as the "Twenty-four Filial Piety" and Wang Lan as the "Twenty-four Filial Piety", which is an outstanding representative of Confucian filial piety culture.

Although the Wangs started their fortune from two brothers, Wang Lan, Wang Xiang, their ancestors were not too bad. It is said that the ancestor of his family was Wang Ji, an advice doctor in the Han Dynasty. Wang Xiang's grandfather, Wang Ren, was also the secretariat of Qingzhou, roughly equivalent to today's governor. "One year, the magistrate is clear, and 1, snowflakes are silver." How much more a governor?

Otherwise, Wang Rong, the father of Wang Lan's brother in Wang Xiang, would not dare to pretend to be so lofty that he would live in seclusion in the countryside. It is recorded in the history books that "the government can't be turned over", which means that the government recruited Wang Rong to be an official, but Wang Rong flatly refused. Obviously, although Wang Rong is a commoner, he still has considerable social influence. Although his family assets are not necessarily many, they are certainly not too little.

Therefore, it is outrageous that Zhu ordered Wang Xiang to clean the cowshed. What is terrible is that Wang Xiang's biological father let it go. However, this Wang Xiang did not complain, but was more respectful and cautious.

Every time my father or stepmother is ill, Wang Xiang has to wait on the soup and medicine undressed. Wang Xiang was afraid that the medicine was too bitter or too hot, so he had to taste it first before giving it to his parents.

this filial piety is simply earth-shaking, but it's a pity that it can't touch the stepmother with a heart of stone. In order to safeguard the interests of king of the children, who is her own, and to move away Wang Xiang, who may divide the family property, the stepmother not only did not make a little convergence, but began to intensify.

Zhu, the stepmother, hates Wang Xiang. She doesn't believe that Wang Xiang is really filial to her. In order to torture Wang Xiang, Zhu deliberately sent Wang Xiang to catch live fish when it was freezing for three feet.

Mencius said, "You can't have your cake and eat it." Fish at that time was still very rare. Unlike today, food from all directions can be bought easily. In the cold winter, most people hide at home to keep warm, and no one comes out to fish at all. First, the river is frozen, making it difficult to fish. Secondly, without today's mechanized tools, it is almost impossible to break the ice.

there is basically no fish to sell in the market, even if there is, it is also sky-high, and most people simply can't afford it. Ordinary people who want to eat fish can at most eat salted fish to satisfy their cravings. Wang Xiang, a child who was rejected by his parents, had no lucky money to buy fish, and had no courage to refute his stepmother's request.

when Wang Xiang came to the river, his hands and feet were freezing. Looking at the ice several feet thick in the river, Wang Xiang still took off his heavy coat, ready to pick up a shovel to cut the ice. At this time, the ice suddenly cracked a crack on its own. A pair of lively carp jumped out of the gap and lay directly at Wang Xiang's feet, waiting for him to take it home.

It's amazing enough. Unexpectedly, it was said that Wang Xiang stripped off his clothes and tried to melt the ice with his body. This is the story of lying on ice and seeking carp in the story of twenty-four filial piety. In memory of this dutiful son, the local people renamed the river "Xiaogan River".

When it comes to "Xiaogan", I have to mention Xiaogan City in Hubei Province. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yong Dong sold herself to bury her father, and met a homeless woman on the road, and they got married. The woman married him, woven three hundred brocade, and redeemed him for his debts. Claiming that she was the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, that is, the seven fairies, was ordered to help him pay his debts, and then she drifted away.

This story obviously has the meaning of myth and legend, and has the characteristics of folk innocence and simplicity. Because of this legend, the local area was named "Xiaogan", and Yong Dong became a famous dutiful son in The Twenty-four Filial Pieties. Perhaps because the story of Yong Dong was deeply rooted in people's hearts, two big filial sons came out one after another in the local area, and they were also included in Twenty-four Filial Pieties.

One is Huang Xiang, which is recorded in the Classic of Three Characters. "Xiang is nine years old and can warm the mat." When he was nine years old, his mother died, and he put all his filial piety on his father. In the cold winter, he warmed the bed for his father in advance, and in the hot summer, he took the trouble to cool the pillow mat. What is rare is that he is also a prodigy with brilliant literary talent. At that time, it was widely rumored that "chinese odyssey, Jiangxia Huangtong." Jiangxia was later classified as Xiaogan City.

Another one is Meng Zong. When he was a child, his father died, and his mother finally raised Meng Zong. When he was old, Meng Zong's mother, who had worked hard all her life, was seriously ill. The doctor said it was necessary to use fresh bamboo shoots as a soup to save Meng Zong's mother.

It was winter, and there were no fresh bamboo shoots to dig. Desperate Meng Zong ran to the bamboo forest and cried loudly with bamboo in his arms. A few tender bamboo shoots actually grew out of thin air on the ground. Meng Zong wiped his tears and ran home with fresh bamboo shoots in his arms. After his mother drank the bamboo shoot soup, she really recovered. This filial Meng Zong was later reused by the imperial court, and has always been commonplace, roughly equivalent to today's engineering minister.

Aside from the story of Wang Xiang lying on the ice, the writers at that time really made great efforts to portray these typical characters who "moved China". The story of Yong Dong and the Seven Fairies is full of fantasy, and obviously it is suspected of exaggerating the facts. As for the story of Huang Xiang, it is still close to the truth, at least it has realistic basis and is also the most convincing.

Meng Zong, on the other hand, cried with bamboo in his arms in winter, but he was able to cry fresh bamboo shoots. Either the bamboo became refined or the grandfather of the land showed his spirit. When it's really going to destroy the three views, it doesn't conform to the laws of science at all, so leave it for the time being.

With Yong Dong's story and Meng Zong's story as the foundation, we can understand the reasons for the spread of Wang Xiang's ice story. Wang Xiang was "reasonably imagined" as Wang Xiang lying on the ice, further highlighting the personality characteristics of typical characters. This makes people think untimely that in order to get advanced, some units have carefully fabricated typical materials, which is really a unity of ancient and modern times.

The most amazing thing is that in order to enhance the credibility of Wang Xiang's deeds, he even made up another story. It is said that this stepmother's adult failed in one plan and gave birth to another. She deliberately claimed that she wanted to eat yellowbird soup. This time, before Wang Xiang went out, dozens of yellowbirds flew in and begged for their lives.

I'm rather skeptical about the truth of such incidents. The biggest doubt is that, as a witness of miracles, the stepmother Zhu dared to go against the sky and carry out the evil deeds against Wang Xiang to the end. This is simply not in line with human nature. If she had experienced the yellowbird incident, I'm afraid she would have been scared, and she would have knelt down and begged for mercy and prayed for God's forgiveness. In fact, she took the role of evil stepmother to the top.

There are two stories about Wang Xiang in Shi Shuo Xin Yu. If you read them carefully, you will understand that Zhu's persecution of Wang Xiang has gradually escalated despite Wang Xiang's lying on the ice and begging for carp. In order not to let Wang Xiang have a good sleep, the hypothesis is that Li Zi is too good to provoke birds and thieves to guard this plum tree day and night. This is worse than Huang Shiren. Every time it's stormy, Wang Xiang is worried about her stepmother's punishment, and she will hug the tree and cry.

Although Shi Shuo Xin Yu is not an official history, it does not record folk legends. In the folk version, this plum tree can escape the oppressive extreme weather every time. To this day, someone has set up a monument by the Xiaogan River. There are five big characters on the inscription: "Stay in the lee through the rain". Considering the kindness of the people who want good people to be rewarded, we won't be more realistic.

The key point is that this stepmother obviously doesn't think there is any fairy helping Wang Xiang, otherwise she can't understand her later behavior. It is recorded in Shi Shuo Xin Yu that this stepmother actually attacked with a knife. Fortunately, Wang Xiang got up at night and survived. Seeing the chopped quilt, the stepmother finally found her conscience and treated her as her own. This looks like a happy ending, but people's hearts can't be changed so easily.

In fact, even a stepmother has no right to kill people at will. Although Wang Xiang died automatically, it is estimated that the Zhu thought he was successful at that time, and suddenly he saw this big living person, but he was still afraid. What's more, she must be worried that Wang Xiang will resist or even kill her. In order to stabilize her opponent, she will not let him go out to spread or even report this bad behavior, and pretend to be awakened for the time being. This is by no means what I take for granted. In fact, Zhu's mind of killing Wang Xiang has never been cut off.

As we all know, Wang Xiang is listed as "twenty-four filial piety". However, few people know that his half-brother Wang Lan is listed as "twenty-four".

It is recorded in The Analects of Confucius: "Who is filial, is it the foundation of benevolence?" Filial piety is the most advocated moral paradigm in Confucianism. Filial piety refers to the correct attitude of children towards their parents, while filial piety refers to the correct attitude of younger brothers towards older brothers. The reason why Wang Lan can become a representative figure of Yi culture is really thanks to his wonderful mother.

most people like to say that "there is no way to be a bad king", and this stepmother Zhu was also rated as "there is no way". When Wang Lan was only a few years old, this Zhu was fine and he whipped Wang Xiang. Although Wang Lan is young, he hates his mother's actions very much. Every time he cries, he rushes to protect his brother. Zhu's nature is hard to kill Wang Xiang.

When Wang Lan was older, she tried to enlighten her mother. For fear of damaging his glorious image in his son's heart, Zhu dared not flagrantly whip Wang Xiang. However, Zhu refused to give up, always trying to torture Wang Xiang. Wang Xiang was ordered to do all kinds of dirty work, and he could hardly rest.

Wang Lan always helps Wang Xiang. As long as his brother hasn't finished, he won't rest. Even Wang Xiang's wife was not spared, and she was also enslaved and abused by Zhu. Not a family, not a house. Wang Lan's wife is very virtuous and always works hard with her sister-in-law. Zhu loves his own son and daughter-in-law, so he has no choice but to stop bullying Wang Xiang and his wife.

after Wang Xiang's father died, Wang Xiang had a good reputation in the local area. Many people blame Zhu's unkindness, while praising Wang Xiang's benevolence and filial piety. This Zhu hated Wang Xiang to the extreme and wanted to kill Wang Xiang at once. In order to get rid of Wang Xiang, Zhu secretly bought poison and put it in the wine. I didn't want to. Wang Lan noticed something different and deliberately grabbed it to drink. Zhu was scared and quickly took it away.

From then on, Wang Lan will try a few mouthfuls of all the foods in Wang Xiang. Zhu was afraid that Wang Lan would be poisoned, so he had to give up the year of poisoning. Although Zhu was fierce, he was well served by these two brothers and lived quite a long life.

It is said that after Zhu's death, Wang Xiang was willing to be called as an official. And this time, Wang Xiang's age is quite big. However, Wang Xiang's official career was smooth, and in the end, he was given the rank of "Nine Qing". Although Wang Lan is not as prominent as his brother, he is also a senior official in the court, and the children of the younger generation are more talented and honor the family.

When it comes to filial piety, we must clear the name of Confucianism. In the past, Mr. Lu Xun liked to say that "ethics eats people". Although this is a fact, it is the later Confucian who misinterpreted the original intention of Confucius and Mencius. The so-called filial piety that they preach "the father wants the son to die, and the son has to die" is completely false Confucianism and pseudo-Confucianism.

Zeng Shen, one of the seventy-two sages, that is, Ceng Zi, who visited me three times a day, was once beaten by his father because of the delay in planting melons. Ceng Zi was knocked out, and when he woke up, he not only didn't shout pain, but also piled up a smile on his face, as if he had enjoyed thai massage instead of being beaten.

when Confucius heard this, he was very angry and wanted to break the friendship between master and apprentice. Confucius said that in those days, in Shun Di, the punishment for his father was "small suffering and big walking".

It means that if Gu Sou takes out a small board and hits someone, it will be a skin injury at most, and Shun will be beaten. If Gu Sou takes out a big board and wants to fight to the death, then run away quickly. For another example, Shun never gave up and died, but tried to escape. This is true filial piety, to avoid trapping the father in injustice.

There is a famous saying in Mencius that "there are three kinds of unfilial, and there is no queen." "Notes on Thirteen Classics" explains: "It means that A Yi is obedient, trapped in injustice, and unfilial; Being poor and caring for the elderly, not being an official, and being unfilial; If you don't marry and have no children, you will never be worshipped by your ancestors, and you will be unfilial. "

From the first sentence, Mencius believes that when parents are at fault, they should not blindly obey, but should try their best to remonstrate, otherwise they will be caught in injustice.

According to Confucius and Mencius, this Wang Xiang is not a dutiful son, but a big unfilial son. It is Wang Xiang's careful words and deeds, pleasing to the heart, which encourages her stepmother's arrogance and shows her fierceness. At that time, all the people on one side accused and laughed at Wang Xiang's stepmother, so Zhu became more angry from embarrassment, and first cut Wang Xiang with a knife and then poisoned him.

Thanks to a good brother, Wang Lan, the family tragedy was prevented. I think Wang Lan is really filial. She has both admonition and action, and put an end to her mother's evil actions. Wang Lan was really respectful to his elder brother, and tried his best to save Wang Xiangfu and his wife, ensuring that the Wangs of Langya were mutually shaded and endless.