Chapter 841 841 Filial piety, do not trap the father in injustice
Chapter 841 841 Filial piety, do not trap the father in injustice
Ji Lan was very easy to fool, so Mrs. Ji found a random reason and smoothed it over so that she wouldn't think about it anymore.
But Young Master Yun is not so easy to dismiss.
Businessmen value profit over affection, and Master Yun holds the handle on Mrs. Ji. Mrs. Ji has no choice but to be obedient.
Mr. Ji is a typical scholar-bureaucrat. He advocates that men should be in charge of outside affairs and women should be in charge of domestic affairs. The Ji family is quite strict in running the family. The power of the entire house is in the hands of Mrs. Ji. It is easy for Mrs. Ji to do something.
Lord Ji's study used to be a forbidden area for the Ji family. Except for the cleaning servants and Lord Ji, no one was allowed to enter, not even Mrs. Ji.
But now, Mr. Ji is ill in bed and Mrs. Ji wants to come in. Who dares to stop him?
Mrs. Ji walked into the study alone and took out not only Master Ji's private seal, but also the plum blossom paper he made himself. In addition to these, she also took out the manuscripts that Master Ji had written casually on weekdays.
Mrs. Ji gave all these things to Young Master Yun, without thinking at all that Young Master Yun, who had obtained Master Ji's private seal, could represent the Ji family to a certain extent. It would be easy for Young Master Yun to trick the Ji family.
Maybe Mrs. Ji had thought about it, but she didn't dare to think about it deeply. She only hoped that Young Master Yun would take these things just to suppress Ji Yunkai, not to deal with the Ji family.
The next day, two articles appeared again on the bulletin board. One was a self-deprecating poem that mocked Feng Qi for being smart. The handwriting was consistent with Mr. Ji's, and there was no private seal, but the paper used was the unique plum blossom paper of the Ji family.
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This move silently told the readers that this poem was written by Lord Ji, and it also proved that the article yesterday was written by Lord Ji, and that Feng Qi was just a smart fool.
The other article is a reflection on "filial piety", written by Feng Qi.
Feng Qi first quoted the scriptures and wrote the saint's interpretation of filial piety.
Filial piety is the foundation of benevolence. It is natural for children to be filial to their parents. However, Confucius also said, "A small stick will lead to acceptance, a big stick will lead to escape, and the father will not be trapped in injustice."
It can be seen that the sage Confucius also knew that filial piety requires reason, rather than blindly following everything...
After Feng Qi introduced the topic at the beginning, he cited a large number of examples to prove that it is right to use a small stick to suffer and a big stick to move away. At the same time, he also cited examples of people well-known in ancient and modern times who ruined their country and their family because of their filial piety.
In the end, Feng Qi also did not make a final conclusion, but left two thought-provoking words.
To be filial to your parents is to blindly obey your parents, regardless of right or wrong, and let your parents beat you to death without escaping it, or is it to follow the words of Confucius and say, "The big stick will go away"?
In the face of country and family, between loyalty to the emperor and filial piety to parents, should we choose to defend our country and be loyal to our emperor, or should we choose to protect our family and obey our parents?
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At first, some people were dismissive of Feng Qi's article, thinking that Feng Qi was inciting people to be unfilial. But when Feng Qi raised the last two questions, it caused many people to think deeply. There was even a stooped man,
After hearing the scholar's discussion, I cried in the street. I cried so miserably, like a child abandoned by his parents.
"What's going on?" As soon as the man cried, passers-by immediately paid attention and asked questions.
But the rough man only cried and said nothing. The more he cried, the more miserable he became. His whole body seemed to be enveloped in nameless sorrow, exuding a desperate death aura.
"This is a poor man. His family was ruined by his parents, and he is still working for his parents." Someone who knew the rough man sighed.
"What's going on?" These words fully aroused everyone's curiosity, and some people asked.
People who know the rough man well do not hide anything and tell everything they know.
"This man's name is Wan Zhuang, from our village. His parents gave birth to two sons and one daughter. He is the eldest, and he has a younger brother and a younger sister. The younger brother is said to be good at studying, so his parents gritted their teeth and sent his younger brother to study.
.Our village is quite wealthy. If the whole family works hard together and supports a scholar, it is not impossible, but this Wanzhuang family is different."
"Wan Zhuang's father and mother said that his sister will marry into a government official's family in the future. She will not be able to work in the sun and will have to be pampered. When they become parents, they will be old masters and old ladies, and they will not be allowed to do menial work to avoid being lost in the future.
His brother's face. So all the work in the family fell on him."
"Wan Zhuang is also a filial person. He does whatever his parents say. Since he was ten years old, he has taken on the important task of supporting the family. He works from early to late and never has a moment of leisure. Not only does he support his parents and younger sister, he also supports his younger brother's education.
Even because of his hard work, he won the respect of the girl from the neighboring village and got married."
"After getting married, Wan Zhuang continued to raise his parents, younger brother, and sister. Wan Zhuang's wife was also hard-working, and the family got better and better. Later, she gave birth to four children. Although the family had a hard time, they finally got through it.
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"No, Wan Zhuang, that younger brother, is not a student at all. He failed in the exams many times and refused to repent. He ate, drank and had fun all day long without reading. When he had no money to spend, he asked Wan Zhuang for it. In the past few years, Wan Zhuang really didn't have any
Wan Zhuang's father and mother forced Wan Zhuang to sell his eldest son and give the money to his younger brother."
"Wan Zhuang's daughter-in-law was pregnant at the time, and she lost her child in grief. From then on, she became ill and lay in bed unable to move. The burden of the family once again fell on Wan Zhuang. Wan Zhuang worked day and night, and he
The same goes for the children at home. The two-year-old child has to go to the fields with him, and he still doesn't have enough to eat all day long. Wan Zhuang's father, mother, brother and sister spend all day eating eggs or meat. They say they will be nobles in the future, so they must take good care of them.
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"It's not that Wan Zhuang never thought of resisting, but Wan Zhuang's parents slapped him down as unfilial and forced Wan Zhuang to dare not say a word. Once, Wan Zhuang's sister fell in love with a dress, and his parents asked Wan Zhuang for money.
, Wan Zhuang couldn't get it out, so his parents sold Wan Zhuang's second daughter. Wan Zhuang protected her fiercely, and Wan Zhuang's parents said directly that if Wan Zhuang didn't agree, he would be sued by the clan for being unfilial.
, let the clan elders beat this unfilial son Wan Zhuang to death."
The man glanced at Wan Zhuang and wiped his tears, "You know, if parents accuse their children of being unfilial, the clan has the right to beat them to death. Wan Zhuang also has two young sons to raise, and he is also seriously ill.
Where can my wife die?"
"Wan Zhuang's second daughter was sold, and the money obtained was exchanged for a skirt, which was worn on his sister. Later, Wan Zhuang's two younger sons were also sold, and the money obtained was exchanged for his brother's clothes.
, it was replaced by the meat that his parents ate. In the end, Wan Zhuang’s wife was starved to death by those people.”
"Wan Zhuang wants to sue the officials, but no son has ever sued his father. Until now, that family is still threatening Wan Zhuang with filial piety. Wan Zhuang still has to support that family and let that family suck their blood for the sake of filial piety. Take a look.
...He is less than thirty, but he looks like he is fifty years old."
"Wan Zhuang must have regretted what you said. If he had known this truth and not been filial to his parents, his wife would not have died and his children would not have been sold."
"To be honest, I didn't think Wan Zhuang's parents did anything wrong before this. It is natural for children to be filial to their parents, but you are right, filial piety also depends on the situation, like Wan Zhuang..." (To be continued)