中國寓言故事： 老萊子戲彩娛親

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寓意

《老萊子戲彩娛親》講述的是老萊子奉養(yǎng)雙親的孝行。作為孝子的老萊子，其孝親故事很早就在民間廣為流傳。該故事主旨很明確，就是千方百計讓高壽的父母享受到生活的愉悅，使得父母常駐年輕之心，常葆青春之態(tài)。

Lao Laizi was an anchorite in Spring and Autumn Period. He did farming at the south side of Meng Mountain to avoid the chaos in that period.

老萊子，春秋時期楚國隱士，為躲避世亂，自耕于蒙山南麓。

He held great filiality to his parents. He fed the parents with the most delicious food； entertained them with drum-shaped rattle playing when he was in his 70s， wearing colored clothes just like a child.

他孝順父母。盡揀美味供奉雙親，70歲尚不言老，常穿著五色彩衣，手持撥浪鼓如小孩子般戲耍，以博父母開懷。

Once， when he was on his way to bring water to his parents， he tumbled. He thought the parents might be worried about him， he just cried on the floor like a child， which made the parents laughed.

一次他為雙親送水，進屋時跌了一跤。他怕父母傷心，索性躺在地上學小孩子哭，以博得二老大笑。