Allusions to "filial piety in the East China Sea"

There was a filial daughter-in-law in Donghai County of Han Dynasty, who cared for and respected her mother-in-law. My mother-in-law said, "My daughter-in-law supports me hard. I am old, why should I take out the rest of my life and bring trouble to young people for a long time? " He hanged himself.

Her daughter complained to the government: "My daughter-in-law killed my mother." The government arrested the filial wife and tortured her, which was very vicious. The filial wife couldn't stand the pain of torture and was forced to admit that she had been framed.

At that time, Yu Gong was a prison official. He said, "This woman has been taking care of her mother-in-law for more than ten years. Because she is filial and famous all over the world, she will definitely not kill her mother-in-law. " The satrap didn't listen to his advice.

The foolish old man argued, but his opinion was still not adopted. He left the government with the finalized document in tears. Since then, Donghai County has suffered from severe drought, and it hasn't rained for three years.

When the satrap arrived, the foolish old man said, "A good wife should not die. The former satrap died unjustly, and the disaster should start here. " The satrap immediately went to his filial wife's grave to pay homage, so he set up a sign in front of her grave as a recognition.

It began to rain immediately, and the crops were bumper this year. According to the legend of the local old man, the filial wife's name is Zhou Qing. When Zhou Qing was executed, there was a ten-foot-long bamboo pole with a five-color flag hanging on it.

She swore in public and said, "If I am guilty, I would rather be killed, and my blood will flow down the bamboo pole;" If I cause death, Zhou Qing's blood will flow back along the bamboo pole. "After the execution, her blood was bluish yellow, flowing back to the top along the flagpole and flowing down the flag.

Said by: A Good Wife in the East China Sea is one of the female biographies of Liu Xiang, a Confucian scholar, bibliographer and writer in the Western Han Dynasty.

Extended data:

Donghai filial piety is an ancient folk story. The real name is Zhou Qing, which comes from Biography of Lienv and Biography of Han Shuyu Ding Guo. The filial wife died a long time ago, and her husband had no son, but she was considerate in supporting her mother-in-law. My mother-in-law hanged herself because she didn't want to drag her down.

However, the filial wife was imprisoned, forced to confess, and finally killed by the satrap. When the dutiful wife was beheaded, she made three wishes. If she is killed unjustly, her blood will flow back, it will snow in June and there will be three years of drought.

Three years after Xiao was killed, there was indeed a drought in the county, and it didn't start to rain until the new magistrate personally paid homage to Xiao's tomb and praised his virtue.

Gan Bao recorded in "Searching for God" that the blue-yellow blood flowed up the long bamboo pole when the filial wife died, and only at the top of the bamboo pole did it flow down the banner. The story of Donghai filial piety has a far-reaching impact on future generations.

On this basis, Guan Hanqing created Dou E Yuan, one of China's top ten tragedies. 2014 1 1 October11Donghai Xiao was approved by the State Council and included in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.