children, filial piety, filial respect, love and kindness, stepmother
Lu Kun, a famous literary scholar and thinker during the Ming Dynasty, compiled the book Virtue for Women. In this book, he emphasizes that the most important thing for a biological mother is to teach her children correctly and not overindulge them. However, for a stepmother, the most important thing is to be more patient and ...
Filial respect may seem old-fashioned now, but in generations past, respect for parents and ancestors was highly regarded. A family with the surname Yang in Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasties, had six male children. All of the brothers made a living by being hired and selling their labor. Unexpectedly, the descendants of this family have many ...
A long, long time ago, a son lived with his mother because his father had passed away many years previously. The man worked in the fields every day while she took care of the household chores. Days seemed to be quiet in the field, except that the man had a hot temper. His mother brought lunch to ...