People kept asking: Why would a woman who isn’t short of money go through the trash? The answer …
filial piety
-
-
Chinese CultureFeatured
Ancestral Virtue: From a Farming Family Came a Governor-General (Part 1)
by Mikel DavisDuring the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns of the Qing Dynasty, a prominent court minister named Tao Shu emerged …
-
During the Tang Dynasty, Qi Qiong served as a high-ranking officer in the prestigious Imperial Guard and maintained …
-
During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), a woman surnamed Zhang lived in Luojiang, in what is now the Deyang …
-
Born in late 1947, Zhang Shuangqi was a farmer from Luoyang, Henan. Though short in stature, quiet by …
-
After Chen Xijiu brought his father’s remains back from Xi’an and buried his parents together, the filial son …
-
After his wife was taken away and both his parents were lost in quick succession, the filial son …
-
In Part Two, we explored the stories of the mothers of Tao Kan and Yue Fei, whose steadfast …
-
Ever since records of tigers first appeared in ancient China, there have been numerous incidents of them injuring …
-
In 1167, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, a story from Fengcheng, Jiangxi, …