Fan the pillow to cool it down. Warm the
mat with your body to warm it up.(扇枕溫席)
In China's Han Dynasty there was a famous
minister. His name was Huang Xiang. There is a story about him in the history
books.
His father was a very low-ranking official
in the Han Dynasty and his mother was a housewife. His father had a very low
salary and their family's financial situation was very poor, but his father and
mother loved each other very much and his parents were very happy. He lived in
a loving environment from the time he was a child.
When he was about five or six years old, he
began to help his mother tidy up the house. One summer evening, his father and
mother suddenly saw him sitting on the bed doing something very strange. He was
fanning his parents' pillows with a small fan. He was very attentive and
sweated profusely while he was fanning.
His parents were very curious and asked
him, "Why are you fanning our pillows?"
He raised his head and spoke to his parents
with a serious look on his face.
It's so hot today. When I went to bed just
now, I felt that my pillow was so hot that I couldn't sleep, so I took a fan to
cool down my pillow. After I finished fanning my pillow, I suddenly thought
that when you two go to bed later, you will also feel your pillows are very hot
like me, so I will also fan your pillows to cool them down.
When his father and mother heard what he
had said, they were very moved and hugged him and said to him
You are such a good child, we love you so
much.
One winter night, when his parents went to
bed, they discovered a very strange phenomenon: the straw mat on which they
were sleeping felt very warm.
His parents were very puzzled and didn't
know why this strange phenomenon was happening.
After this strange phenomenon continued for
several days in a row, his mother accidentally discovered the cause of the
strange phenomenon.
Huang Xiang was very young, so his father
and mother let him go to bed early.
When Huang Xiang's parents called him to
bed, he would go to his parents' bed first. After sleeping for about an hour,
Huang Xiang would get up and go back to his bed to sleep.
His mother asked him the next morning.
Why did you sleep in our bed first? Why
didn't you sleep in your bed from the beginning?
he said to his mother.
The weather has been very cold lately.
Every time I go to bed, the straw mat I sleep on takes a long time to warm up.
When I discovered this phenomenon, I thought I would sleep on your bed first,
so that when you fall asleep, you will feel the warmth of the straw mat and
fall into a deep sleep quickly.
His mother hugged him tightly, tears of
emotion in her eyes.
This idiom means to cool a pillow by
fanning it. Use your body to warm the mat to make it warm.
It is used to describe a person who is
filial to his father and mother.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you remember what happened when you were
five years old? Did you have a good relationship with your father and mother?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
扇枕溫席(Fan the pillow to cool it down. Warm
the mat with your body to warm it up.)
中國的漢王朝有一個著名的大臣，他的名字叫做黄香，歷史書上記載了一個他的故事。
他的父親是一個漢王朝的一個非常低階的官員，他的的母親是家庭主婦。他爸爸的薪水很少，他們家中的經濟情況很不好，但是他的父親與母親非常相愛，他的父母親都很知足。他從小就生活在一個被愛包圍的環境內。
他大約五六歲的時候，就開始幫忙他的母親整理家中的環境，有一天夏天的晚上，他的父親與母親突然看到他坐在床上做一件很奇怪的事情，他拿著一把小扇子扇他的父母親的枕頭，他很專注地做這件事情，他邊扇邊熱得滿頭大汗。
他的父母親很好奇就問他，你為何要拿扇子扇我們兩個人的枕頭呢?
他抬起頭來表情很認真地對他的父母親說。
今天好熱啊，我跟才睡覺的時候覺得枕頭好熱所以我睡不著，所以我拿一把扇子把我的枕頭扇涼一點，我扇完我的枕頭，我突然想到，你們兩個人待會要睡覺的時候也一定會跟我一樣覺得枕頭很熱，所以我就順便把你們兩個的人的枕頭扇衣涼一點。
他的父親與母親聽完他的話後很感動地抱著他並且對他說。
你真是一個可愛的孩子，我們好愛你。
那一年的冬天，有一天晚上他的父母親要睡覺的時候，他的父親與母親發現一個很奇怪的現象，這個奇怪的現象就是他們兩個人睡的草蓆竟然摸起來很溫暖。
他的父母親覺得很納悶，他的父母親不知道為何會有這種奇怪的現象。
這個奇怪的現象連續發生幾天後，他的母親在不經意間發現這個奇怪的現象的原因。
黃香的年紀很小，所以他的父親與母親都會讓他早點去睡覺。
黃香的父母叫他去睡覺的時候，他就會先到他的父母親的床上睡。大概睡了一個小時後，黃香就會爬起來回到自己的床上去睡。
第二天一早，他的母親問他。
你為何要先到我們的床上睡呢?你為何不一開始就直接到你的床上睡呢?
他對他的母親說。
最近天氣好冷啊，我每天睡覺的時候，我睡的草蓆都要過了好久才會變得溫暖。當我發現這個現象後，我就想說我先到你們床上去睡，這樣你們要睡覺的時候就會感覺到草蓆是溫暖的，你們就會很快地進入熟睡的狀態。
他的母親緊緊地擁抱著他，眼中流出感動的淚水。
這句成語的意思是用扇子扇枕頭讓枕頭變涼。用自己的身體暖草蓆讓草蓆變溫暖。
這句成語被用來形容一個人對他的父親與母親很孝順。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你還記得你五歲的時候的事情嗎?你的父親與母親跟你的關係好嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為東漢觀記-傳12 -黃香傳