The main content of the 24 Filial Piety

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The Twenty-four Filial Piety Painting, also known as the Twenty-four Filial Piety Stories or the Filial Piety Touches the Heavens, was an important filial piety cultural document in the Han Dynasty of China. It recorded the stories of twenty-four filial sons in ancient China.

The Twenty-four Filial Piety Paintings mainly described some examples of filial piety in ancient China, including:

1. Guo Ju buried his son: Guo Ju was a wealthy businessman. In order to let his son have a better life, he gave all his wealth to his son and went out to work to earn money. However, his son often quarreled and even fought over a little money. Guo Ju was worried that his son would go astray, so he buried all his money in a nearby mountain and let his son dig it up himself.

2. Dong Yong and Dong Xiaowan: Dong Yong was a young scholar. He had been married to his wife for many years, but due to the social norms at that time, they did not have children. Dong Yong loved his wife very much. In order for his wife to live a happy life, he worked in the fields every day and even stayed up late.

3. Huang Xiang Fan Pillow: Huang Xiang was a young woman. Her mother was sick and needed to be taken care of, but she could not bear this responsibility because of her poor family. So Huang Xiang took out her pillow and used it to make a fan handle for her mother.

4. Meng Zong Crying Bamboo: Meng Zong was a young scholar. After his mother died, he went to his mother's hometown to mourn. But on the way, he met a bamboo that looked very much like his mother. So he immediately stopped and began to cry. His friends asked him why he was crying. He said that his mother had passed away, but the bamboo hadn't. It reminded him that his mother was still alive.

5. Tao Zongyi: Tao Zongyi was a wealthy businessman. He had a son, but his son often quarreled over trivial matters, which made Tao Zongyi very worried. Thus, he decided to assassinate the dragon.