china, filial duty, karma, retribution, virtue
Does retribution really exist? During the Southern Song Dynasty, there was an older man named Zhang who lived in Nanhantou Village, Pingyu County, Henan Province. He made a living by catching birds and had only one young son. One day, his son died unexpectedly. Zhang thought he had nobody to rely on and cried by ...
Ji Wusheng (757-701 B.C.), later known as Duke Zhuang of Zheng, was born to be the ruler of the State of Zheng during the Spring and Autumn Period in China. His mother suffered a great deal in giving birth to him as it was a breech birth. She was frightened and disturbed by the experience and ...
There is a story about a heavenly maiden descending during the Han Dynasty (202 B.C. to A.D. 220). There lived a young man by the name of Dongyong, who lost his mother when he was a child. He grew up alone with his father, but there came a time when his father grew old and ...
There is a Chinese proverb that says: “Filial duty is the most respectable virtue of all.” 19-year-old Liu Xinhong, who had just started his first year’s studies in Yulin County, Taiwan, dropped out of college to take care of his mother, who was diagnosed with parotid cancer. The cancer was in its final stage and ...