chinese reading - 啮指痛心 Paining Heart with Mother's Bitten

cénɡ shēn zi ziyú chūnqiūshíqī lǔɡuórén

曾参，字子舆，春秋时期鲁国人，

 

kǒnɡzǐde déyìdìzǐ shìchēnɡ cénɡzǐ yǐxiàozhùchēnɡ

孔子的得意弟子，世称“曾子”，以孝著称。

 

shàoniánshí jiāpín chánɡ rùshāndǎchái

少年时家贫，常入山打柴。

 

yìtiān jiālǐ láilekèrén mǔqin bùzhīsuǒcuò jiùyònɡyá yǎozìjǐde shǒuzhǐ

一天，家里来了客人，母亲不知所措，就用牙咬自己的手指。

 

cénɡ shēn hūrán juéde xīnténɡ zhīdào mǔqin zài hūhuànzìjǐ

曾参忽然觉得心疼，知道母亲在呼唤自己，

 

biànbèizhechái xùnsù fǎnhuíjiāzhōnɡ ɡuìwènyuánɡù

便背着柴迅速返回家中，跪问缘故。

 

mǔqinshuō yǒukèrén hūrán dàolái wǒ yǎoshǒuzhǐ pànnǐhuílái

母亲说：“有客人忽然到来，我咬手指盼你回来。”

 

cénɡ shēn yúshì jiējiàn kèrén yǐlǐxiānɡdài

曾参于是接见客人，以礼相待。

 

cénɡ shēn xuéshíyuānbó cénɡ tíchū wǔrìsānshěnɡwǔshēn（lúnyǔ xuéér）de xiūyǎnɡ fānɡfǎ

曾参学识渊博，曾提出“吾日三省吾身”（《论语·学而》）的修养方法，

 

xiānɡchuán tāzhùshùyǒu dàxué xiàojīnɡ děnɡ rújiājīnɡdiǎn

相传他著述有《大学》、《孝经》等儒家经典，

 

hòushìrújiā zūntāwèi zōnɡshènɡ

后世儒家尊他为“宗圣”。

 

Zeng Shen, with the alias of Ziyu, was a man in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was also a favorite disciple of Confucius. He was called as "Zeng Tzu" with high reputation as a filial exemplar. When he was young, he often went into the mountains to gather firewood because his family was very poor. One day, a guest visited his home and his mother became perplexed. She bit her fingers with teeth, and Zeng Shen suddenly felt a pain in his heart. He knew his mother was calling on himself, so he quickly returned home with firewood. He then knelt down in front of his mother and asked what had happened. His Mother said: "A guest came unexpectedly. So I hope you to come back by biting my own fingers." Then Zeng Shen met with guest and treated with courtesy. The knowledgeable Zeng Shen once put forward the self-cultivation method of "I reflect myself for three times a day" (Xue Er, the first chapter of Analects of Confucius). According to legend, he authored the Great Learning, Book of Filial Piety and other Confucian classics, the later generations of Confucian scholars respect him as the "Exemplar.