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The mother's heart is always touched by the words and deeds of her children, whether ancient or modern.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tao Kan sent someone to send a jar of salted fish to his mother Zhan. The mother looked at the salted fish in front of her, learned the origin, and angrily wrote a letter to scold her son.
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When Tao Kan first became an official, he managed a fishing ground. He managed the fishery diligently and ushered in a bumper harvest. He thought of his mother, wanted to send a few big fish to his mother to taste, but the road was far away, if it was sent like this, the fish would have stinked long ago. So what to do?
Tao Kan saw that there were many people drying fish, so he thought, first dry the fish, and then marinate, must let his mother taste the fish in the fishery.
Not long after, the fish was marinated. Tao Kan happily sent someone to deliver fish to his mother. I thought to myself, my mother must be happy to see the fish.
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After a few days, the people sent by Tao Kan finally sent the salted fish to his hometown. When the mother saw a jar of salted fish, the first thing she asked was where the fish came from.
The man who sent it said, "This is a piece of filial piety from your son, and he sent me to give it to you!" ”
The mother continued to ask, "Then where did he get this fish?" ”
The man said, "Official." ”
When my mother heard this, she was suddenly unhappy and thought to herself, "I have only recently become an official, and I will not study well."
The mother said to the man, "Please sit here and have a cup of tea, eat some fruit, and wait for me, and you will help me bring a letter to my son." ”
The man nodded.
Soon, the mother wrote the letter and brought back the jar of salted fish to the man.
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Tao Kan saw that the salted fish had been returned unchanged, and he was very confused and did not know what his mother thought. When I opened the letter and looked at it, I felt hot in my heart. The mother wrote in the letter:
"My son, when you go in and out of your career, you will send back the things of the government, which is not only of no benefit, but also makes me worried!" For officials, we must be honest and honest, always think of the people, and think of the country..."
Tao Kan took his mother's words to heart.
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In 325 AD, when he administered Jingzhou, everything was first for the people. When there was a famine in Jingzhou, many people starved to death, and Tao Kan would buy good rice at the autumn harvest, and when the famine came, he would sell it at a reduced price to relieve the people. Many people depended on his relief to survive. Under his rule, Jingzhou was socially stable and production developed well.
In 328 AD, the Rebellion of Su Jun broke out, and he was a pioneer, repeatedly quelling rebellions, and making great achievements.
In 332, Tao Kan was made a great general and a great subject.
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Tao Kan's glory in this life is inseparable from his mother's teaching.
Good children, mothers are at ease. Children are wrong, mothers are upset.