chinese reading - 恣蚊饱血 Feed Mosquitoes for Father

wǔ měnɡ jìncháo púyánɡ rén

吴猛，晋朝濮阳人，

 

bāsuìshí jiù dǒnɡde xiàojìnɡ fùmǔ

八岁时就懂得孝敬父母。

 

jiālǐ pínqiónɡ méiyǒu wénzhànɡ wénchónɡ dīnɡyǎo shǐ fùqin bùnénɡ ānshuì

家里贫穷，没有蚊帐，蚊虫叮咬使父亲不能安睡。

 

měidào xiàyè wú měnɡ zǒnɡshì chìshēn zuòzài fùqin chuānɡqián

每到夏夜，吴猛总是赤身坐在父亲床前，

 

rèn wénchónɡ dīnɡyǎo ér bù qūɡǎn dānxīn wénchónɡ líkāi zìjǐ qù qǐnɡyào fùqin

任蚊虫叮咬而不驱赶，担心蚊虫离开自己去叮咬父亲。

Wu Meng was a man of Puyang in the period of the Jin Dynasty. He knew how to show filial respect to his parents when he was just 8 years old. His family was poor and had no mosquito tent. His father could not sleep for mosquito biting. Every summer, Wu Meng sat with a bare body before his father's bed and didn’t drive away mosquitoes however they bit him because he was afraid mosquitoes would leave him to bite his father instead.