弃官寻母

宋朝时有一个名叫朱寿昌的人，也是个很有名的孝子。他的生母刘氏，原来是他父亲的小妾，正妻妒忌她有了小孩，设了一个计谋将她赶出了朱家。自此母子骨肉分离，五十年未能相见。 
     
五十年来，朱寿昌无时无刻不在思念母亲，每到一地为官，他都要四处查找老人家的踪迹。可是人海茫茫，找人谈何容易。宋神宗当朝的时候，他再也没有心思做官了，决定辞掉官职去寻找母亲。

临行时，他告知家人自己的决定，发誓说： “ 找不到母亲，我今生今世绝不回家 !” 这一次，他将寻母的重点放在秦地 ( 今陕西 ) 。

后来，历尽千辛万苦的他，终于在同州 ( 今陕西大荔县 ) 寻找到了自己的母亲。当时刘氏已经七十多岁了。 
     
朱寿昌弃官寻母的孝行，在当时社会引起轰动。著名政治家、文学家王安石、苏轼等人都赋诗作文大加赞扬。常言道： “ 精诚所至，金石为开。 ” 朱寿昌一片真诚的孝母之心，终于使得五十年后母子团聚，不但可贺，而且可敬。

乌鸦尚知 “ 反哺 ” ，古人朱寿昌时隔五十年依然一心寻亲，并诚尽孝道。那些几十年前出走海外的华人总是想方设法地寻找自己在大陆的父母双亲，寻找自己遗落在祖国的根。

正是依恋这种爱，让人由心而发地去孝顺父母，敬爱父母。而我们这些与父母相守或远离双亲的人，更应该珍惜自己拥有的一切，实实在在地回报我们永远不可能真正还清的父母之恩。

Zhu Shouchang was a man of the Song Dynasty.

When he was seven years old, his natural mother Madam Liu was envied by his father’s first wife and had to remarry another man, he lost contact with his mother in 50 years.

In the period of Emperor Shen Zong, Zhu Shouchang became an official in the imperial palace, he wrote a sutra in blood and went around to seek his mother. After he got the clue, he decided to resign from his post and go to Shaanxi to seek her and vowed never to return without finding her.

He finally met his biological mother and two younger brothers in Shanzhou. They reunited happily and returned together. His mother was already more than 70 years old at that time.