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Episode 18- Sweeping the Pagoda and Exonerating Injustice 第十八集 掃塔辦奇冤

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Filial(18) 拾椹供親

Translated 拾椹供親 [shi shen gong qin] 蔡順字君仲,東漢人, 自幼喪父,與母親相依為命。年成不好,糧食不足他就每天出門摘拾桑椹,用不同的器皿盛桑椹。農民起義軍看見便問其原因,蔡順說:”黑色的桑椹味道甜,是給母親吃的;紅色的桑椹味道酸,是給自己吃的。”農民起義軍憐憫他的孝心,把白米牛蹄送給了他。 荒年是要用桑葚來填飽肚子,想一想那也是令人悲哀的時代。 启示: 蔡順這樣孝順,真讓人嗟嘆不已。這讓今天的許多只知索取,不知付出的年輕人為之汗顏。 There once was a boy named Cai Shun. One day he was walking down the dry dirt road and heard two people say,” The king ruined our lives. Only … Continue reading

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