chinese reading - 乳姑不怠 Milk Mother without Fail

cuī shānnán mínɡ tánɡdài bólínɡ（jīn shǔ héběi）rén

崔山南，名，唐代博陵（今属河北）人，

 

ɡuānzhì shānnán xīdào jiédùshǐ rénchēnɡ shānnán

官至山南西道节度使，人称“山南”。

 

dānɡnián cuī shānnán de zēnɡzǔmǔ zhǎnɡsūnfūren niánshìyǐɡāo yáchǐ tuōluò

当年，崔山南的曾祖母长孙夫人，年事已高，牙齿脱落，

 

zǔmǔ tánɡfūren shífēn xiàoshùn měitiān ɡuànxǐ hòu

祖母唐夫人十分孝顺，每天盥洗后，

 

dōu shànɡtánɡ yònɡ zìjǐ de rǔzhī wèiyǎnɡ pópo rúcǐ shùnián

都上堂用自己的乳汁喂养婆婆，如此数年，

 

zhǎnɡsūnfūren búzài chī qítā fànshí shēntǐ yīrán jiànkānɡ

长孙夫人不再吃其他饭食，身体依然健康。

 

zhǎnɡsūnfūren bìnɡzhònɡ shí jiānɡquánjiā dàxiǎo zhàojí zàiyìqǐ

长孙夫人病重时，将全家大小召集在一起，

 

shuō wǒwúyǐbàodá xīnfù zhīēn

说：“我无以报答新妇之恩，

 

dànyuàn xīnfù de zǐsūnxífu yěxiànɡtā xiàojìnɡ wǒ yíyànɡ xiàojìnɡ tā

但愿新妇的子孙媳妇也像她孝敬我一样孝敬她。”

 

hòulái cuī shānnán zuòle ɡāoɡuān ɡuǒrán xiànɡ zhǎnɡsūnfūren suǒzhǔ

后来崔山南做了高官，果然像长孙夫人所嘱，

 

xiàojìnɡ zǔmǔ tánɡfūren

孝敬祖母唐夫人。

Cui Shannan was a man of Boling (in today’s Hebei) in the period of the Tang Dynasty. He was a local official of Shannan Xidao and people nicknamed him "Shannan". His great grandma Madam Zhangsun was old and without teeth and his grandma Madam Tang was very pious. She fed her mother-in-law with her milk every day after taking a bath and did this for many years. Later, Madam Zhangsun didn't eat other food and was still healthy. When she was ill, Madam Zhangsun summoned all her family members and said: "I have nothing to thank my daughter-in-law and just hope her children and grand children would be as pious to her as she is to me." Later Cui Shannan became a high-ranking official and he was pious to his Grandma Madam Tang just as Madam Zhangsun had expected.