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The Book of Filial Duty: No. V: He carried Rice for his P...

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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He carried Rice for his Parents In the Chou dynasty lived Chung Yu, also a disciple of Confucius, who, because his family was poor, usually ate herbs and coarse pulse; and he also went more than a hundred li to procure rice for his parents. Afterwards, when they were dead, he went south to the country of Ch‘u, where he was made commander of a hundred companies of chariots. There he became rich, storing up grain in myriads of measures, reclining upon cushions, and eating food served to him in…