Whose behavior was burying children and serving their mothers in ancient times?

Guo Ju, a native of Longxi (now Lin County, Henan) in the Jin Dynasty, was a native of Wen County, Hanoi (now southwest of Wen County, Henan), and originally had a solid family. After his father's death, he divided the family property into two parts and gave it to his two younger brothers, and he took his mother's support alone, and was extremely filial to his mother. After the family gradually became poor, his wife gave birth to a boy, Guo Ju's mother loved her grandson very much, and she was always reluctant to eat, but left the only food for her grandson to eat.

Guo Ju was deeply disturbed because of this, worried that raising this child would inevitably affect the support of his mother, so he discussed with his wife: "The son can have again, and the mother cannot be resurrected after death, so it is better to bury the son and save some food to support the mother." When they were digging a pit, they suddenly saw an altar two feet underground, which read, "God gave Guo Ju, the official cannot take it, and the people cannot take it."

The husband and wife get **, go home to honor their mother, and are able to raise children at the same time. Since then, Guo Ju has not only lived a good life, but also the reputation of "filial piety" has spread all over the world, and later became one of the twenty-four filial piety stories.

In order to pass on this filial piety, the ancients selected the most distinctive 24 filial pieties for future generations to learn. But today, some of the cultures of the 24 filial pieties are no longer accepted by people. Among them, the most controversial is the story of Guo Ju's "burying his children and serving his mother".

It is to the effect that there was a man named Guo Ju in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, with an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old son. The family is really poor, and they haven't eaten the last meal. The old mother feels sorry for her little grandson, and often gives her share of food to her little grandson, the little grandson is young, only three years old, what does he know, someone will eat it, and the result is that he will get into trouble.

His dad looked, hey, boy, you dare to eat your grandma's stuff, drag it out and bury it. His mother ran out to save her son, Guo Ju said that the family did not have enough food, and since the source could not be opened, there was only throttling, and one person had to be killed. There is only one mother, and the child can be reborn, so it is determined.

It is estimated that his wife still wants to intercede, Guo Ju glared at him, and said that he buried you too, so scared that his wife didn't dare to say more. Then the husband and wife were ready to dig a pit to bury their son, and the result was dug out**, now it's good, food and clothing are available, and the son doesn't have to be buried, and they are all happy. For the way of **, the beautiful name is that filial piety touches the sky, and it is given by heaven.

I don't think necessarily, things have a good side and the opposite side, burying a child is more contrary to common sense, but it supports the old mother, if it is you, how should you choose, one is to raise their own life and elderly mother, the other is also their closest person, then you must choose one of the two, presumably the answer in your heart has already been, sometimes we have to stand in the perspective of others to consider the right and wrong of things, we have to learn to weigh things. Remember!

Filial piety to parents is a matter of course, but Guo Ju's approach is too extreme, although the story of burying a child and serving his mother is still in the twenty-four filial piety, it is also recommended that everyone take a look at it, do not imitate. Instead of killing the child alive to make the old mother live a good life, why can't you work hard to make money, it's all a living life, not a toy that you don't want to throw away. If it weren't for the fact that the child was buried alive because of the gold, and then the child was born, Guo Ju and his wife would not be competent parents.

This kind of cold-blooded and cruel thing is even more inappropriate for publicity and praise. This story should be used to satirize foolishness and filial pietyRespecting the elderly and caring for the young is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and it is also the responsibility of human beings, but we should not use such extreme methods.

As for the things in traditional culture that do not meet the requirements of social development, are implemented, and are decadent, we must change customs and consciously transform or eliminate them.

Li Mo of the Ming Dynasty ("Lonely Tree Talk" Volume 2) also scolded Guo Ju, let's translate the original text into smooth vernacular to see how people at that time understood this matter: filial piety is to serve relatives well.

If it is not in line with human feelings, it is a big fish and meat every day, and it is also unfilial. What's more, just to let the old lady eat a good mouth, you have to kill the innocent young son? This is to trap relatives in injustice, and it is a great sin!

If this counts as filial piety, then it is really unreasonable. This is digging gold, if it is not dug up, the dead will not be able to come back to life, and the crime of murder will not escape!