When Huang Xiang was a child, life at home was very hard. when he was 9 years old, his mother died. Huang Xiang was very sad. He was already very filial to his parents. during his mother's illness, little Huang Xiang stayed close to her and guarded her mother's bed. after his mother's death, he was more caring and attentive to his father and tried to make him worry less.?

The winter night was particularly cold. At that time, the farmer's house and did not have any heating equipment, it is really difficult to sleep. One day, when Huang Xiang was reading at night, he felt especially cold, and his hand holding the scroll was cold and clammy for a while. He thought, "It's so cold, dad must be very cold, his old man has worked all day during the day, and he can't sleep well at night.

Small Huang Xiang to let his father less cold and frozen, he finished his reading quietly into his father's room, to lay a good quilt, and then undressed, into his father's quilt, with their own body heat, warmed the cold quilt before greeting his father to go to sleep. Huang Xiang warmed his father's heart with his filial piety. The story of Huang Xiang warming his father's seat spread, and everyone in the neighborhood praised Huang Xiang.

The story of Huang Xiang spread to the capital city, where he was known as "Jiangxia Huang Xiang".

Expanded Information

Huang Xiang (c. 68 - 122), courtesy name Wen Qiang (一文疆), was a native of Anlu (present-day Yunmeng, Hubei Province), Jiangxia. He was an official and a filial son during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was the protagonist of the story of "Warm Bedding with a Fan and Pillow" in the "Twenty-Four Filial Piety Stories".

The story of Huang Xiang's service to his father reflects a child's meticulous and innocent filial piety, which is a child's filial piety that naturally springs from the depths of his heart and is inspired by his nature and his ability to do his filial piety, and it is a role model for us to learn from. Let us start from the little things around us, filial piety parents, care for them. Be aware of how hard they worked when they took care of us as adults.

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