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The Book of Filial Duty: No. XV: He collected Mulberries to support his Mother

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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He collected Mulberries to support his Mother During the Han dynasty lived Ts‘ai Shun, whose father died when he was young, and who served his mother very dutifully. It happened that, during the troubles of the time, when Wang Mang was plotting to usurp the throne, there were years of scarcity, in which he could not procure food, and Ts‘ai was compelled to gather mulberries, which he assorted, putting them into two vessels. The red-eyebrowed robber * saw him, and inquired why he did thus.