Compassionate for orphans and caring for those living in hardship(恤孤念苦)
The Song Dynasty in China is divided into
two periods by historians.
The first stage was the Northern Song
Dynasty (960-1127 AD).
The second stage was the Southern Song
Dynasty (AD-1127 to AD 1279).
In 1129 AD, the Southern Song Dynasty moved
the capital to the city (Lin'an), which is the current Hangzhou City of
Zhejiang Province.
After the fall of the Southern Song
Dynasty, a scholar named (Wu Zimu) wrote a book.
This book records many customs in Lin'an
City before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and also depicts the urban
landscape at that time and the daily life of people of various identities
living in the city.
A passage in this book describes it as
follows.
In this city, many wealthy businessmen are
not local, they are mostly from other provinces in China.
Many of these wealthy businessmen were very
benevolent and kind.
These people have great respect for the
elderly and pity for the poor.
These people care for the poor and have
mercy on the orphans.
These people usually observe the people
they know around them, and if they find that some people are living in poverty
because of accidents, they will give them appropriate money to help them
through the difficulties after a thorough understanding.
In this city, there are many people with
extremely difficult lives.
In some families, the male owner died very
young, and his wife and young children did not have the money to hold a funeral
for him.
These people will assist these widows with
funeral matters.
In the cold winter, some disadvantaged
families have no way to go out to do odd jobs, and the lives of these
disadvantaged families are in trouble.
These people secretly stuff some gold or
silver into the cracks in the doors of these homes at night.
When people from these vulnerable families
wake up the next day to see the sudden appearance of gold, they thank God and
bless the stranger who provided their help.
Still others do not have enough cold
clothing and lack food.
They will give these people enough food and
warm clothing.
There is a saying. God will give many
blessings to those who do good deeds, and will bring great misfortune to those
who do bad deeds.
I think this saying has a great influence
on people, so these people are willing to do a lot of good things.
This idiom means caring for orphans and
caring for those who live in hardships
Dear friends, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Do you believe that good and evil are
rewarded? Do you have a habit of helping those who are in trouble?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
恤孤念苦(Compassionate for orphans and caring
for those living in hardship)
中國的宋王朝被歷史學家分為兩個時期。
第一個階段是北宋王朝(西元960-西元1127年)。
第二個階段是南宋王朝(西元-1127年到西元1279年)。
西元1129年，南宋王朝把首都遷到(臨安)這座城市，這座城市就是目前的浙江省的杭州市。
南宋王朝滅亡之後，有一個名字叫做(吳自牧)的學者寫了一本書。
這本書中紀錄了南宋王朝滅亡前，臨安城中的許多風俗、也描繪了當時的城市景觀與居住在這座城市中的各種身分地位的人們的日常生活。
這本書中有一段描述如下。
在這座城市中，很多富有的商人都不是本地人，他們多半來自中國的其他省。
這些富有的商人中，有很多人非常仁慈而且善良。
這些人對老人很尊敬與憐憫那些貧窮的人。
這些人關懷那些生活困苦的人與憐恤孤兒。
這些人通常會觀察自已身邊所認識的人，若是發現有些人因為意外事故而導致生活陷入貧困，他們在深入了解後會給予適宜的金錢幫助他們度過難關。
在這座城市中，有著很多生活極其困難的人。
有些家庭中，男主人很年輕就過世了，他的妻子與年幼的孩子沒有錢為他舉辦葬禮。
這些人會協助這些寡婦處理喪葬的事情。
在寒冷的冬天，有些弱勢家庭沒有辦法外出打零工，這些弱勢家庭的生活陷入困境。
這些人會在夜晚的時候，偷偷把一些金子塞到這些家庭的門縫中。
這些弱勢家庭的人們隔天起床時看見這些突然出現的金子時，他們會感謝上天並祝福這個提供他們協助的陌生人。
還有一些人沒有足夠的禦寒衣物並且缺乏食物。
他們就會給予這些人足夠的食物與保暖的衣物。
有一句俗話說。神會賜很多的福氣那些做好事的人，並且會降極大的災禍給那些做壞事的人。
我想這句俗話對人的影響極大，所以這些人都願意做許多的好事。
這句成語的意思是體恤孤兒與關懷那些生活困苦的人
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你相信善惡有報嗎?你是否有幫助那些生活困苦的人的習慣呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為夢梁錄-卷18-戶口-恤貧憐老
