哭竹生笋

晋朝的孟宗，很小的时候便失去了父亲，母亲含辛茹苦将他拉扯大，且常教育他勤学苦读。在母亲的督促下，他终于学有所成。 
     
孟宗非常孝敬母亲。有一年，孟母突然病了，病情日益严重，饭食难以下咽，盂宗看在眼里，急在心头。孟母原本爱吃清新鲜嫩的竹笋，如今身在病中，跟孟宗唠叨着，说想吃笋煮的羹汤之类的食物。

可是，当时正值数九寒冬，万木凋零，哪有鲜嫩的竹笋啊 ?

孟宗无计可施，只好独自跑到竹林里，然而目之所及处，只有一片焦黄。想到母亲的病情，想到母亲的心愿，他不禁悲从中来，扶着竹子，放声大哭。 
     
或许孝心感动了天地，就在孟宗哀恸得难以自制的时候，竹林里出现了奇迹：在他的泪水飞洒之处，竟然破土冒出一颗颗竹笋来，尖尖的、绿绿的、毛绒绒的，还沾带着露滴呢 ! 孟宗喜出望外，马上掘出几棵竹笋抱回家，精心做成羹汤，端给母亲喝。

喝着热乎乎的汤，孟母乐得眉开眼笑，病情也随之好转。

孟宗 “ 哭竹生笋 ” 的故事有点神化，但孟宗对母亲的孝敬却是一种真挚的情感。

许多史书都记载他的孝敬之举，善良的人们敬佩孝敬之人，将他的故事作了一些适当的夸大，但这种至纯的孝性，正是人们所向往和推崇的。

Meng Zong was a man of Jiangxia in the period of the Three Kingdoms.

His father died when he was young and his mother was old and had a poor health, the doctor asked her to drink soup boiled with fresh bamboo shoots.

It was just cold winter and there were no fresh bamboo shoots.

Meng Zong could do nothing and went to the bamboo forest alone to weep by bamboo, suddenly, he heard the cracking sound of the earth and saw many tender bamboo shoots growing out of the ground.

Meng Zong was extremely happy and took them back to make soup, his mother recovered as expected after drinking the soup. Later he was promoted to the rank of Sikong.