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The Book of Filial Duty: No. XVIII: He wept to the Bamboos, and Shoots sprang up

Confucian Filial PietyHsiao ChingWisdom of the East Series

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He wept to the Bamboos, and Shoots sprang up Mêng Tsung, who lived in the Chin dynasty, lost his father when young. His mother was very ill, and one winter's day she longed to taste a soup made of bamboo shoots, but Mêng could not procure any. At last he went into the bamboo grove, and, clasping the bamboos with his hands, wept bitterly.

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