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The Book of Filial Duty: No. XI: The Gushing Fountain and the Frisking Carp

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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The Gushing Fountain and the Frisking Carp In the Han dynasty lived Chiang Shih, who served his mother with perfect obedience; and his wife P‘ang also fulfilled her mother-in-law's commands without the least reluctance. The old lady loved to drink of the water from the river six or seven li away from her cottage, and P‘ang used to go to draw it and hand it to her. [paragraph continues] She was also fond of carp, and when it was obtained, deeming herself unable to consume alone what her children…

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