为了让父母生活得快乐和开心，他千方百计逗老人发笑，因怕引起老人家伤心，在他们面前，他从不说自己已老，更不在父母面前提 “ 老 ” 字。
他还常穿着多彩的花衣，装成小儿蹦跳欢舞的样子，引父母嬉笑，使他们觉得自己也年轻了，可以说用心十分良苦。
一次，他端着水上堂，假装跌倒了，躺在地上学着婴儿呜呜娇哭的样子，两位老人慌忙去扶他，他却一下子跳起来，父母明白了他的用意，都乐了。
孟子说： “ 人孝之人终身仰慕父母 ” 楚人老莱子就是这样的大孝之人。
有人言称老莱子为取乐父母有过分做作之嫌，某不以为然，实在因为他一片至纯孝心使然。
俗语说： “ 笑一笑，十年少：恼一恼，老一老。 ” 父母年纪大了，怎么当得起忧愁、烦恼，老莱子正是深谙了这点，才做出了一些看似 “ 做作 ” 的举动。
有些子女， 总视老人为负担，不愿尽赡养老人的义务， 只巴望老人快点离世就好，这种思想令人备感心寒。更有甚者，面对老父母，他们明里暗里、口口声声都是 “ 老不死的 ” ，想想这对于垂暮之年、孤单寂寞的老人， 无异于扎在他们心头的尖刺。为人子女者，正应敬爱父母，如老莱子一样， 时时处处为父母营造出欢乐温馨的气氛。
Lao Laizi was an anchorite in Spring and Autumn Period, he did farming at the south side of Meng Mountain to avoid the chaos in that period.
He held great filiality to his parents, he fed the parents with the most delicious food; entertained them with drum-shaped rattle playing when he was in his 70s, wearing colored clothes just like a child.
Once, when he was on his way to bring water to his parents, he tumbled.
He thought the parents might be worried about him, he just cried on the floor like a child, which made the parents laughed.
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