沐光

寓義

仲由百里負(fù)米的故事說的是孔子的弟子子路，他非常孝敬父母。因為從小家境貧寒，他為人非常節(jié)儉，經(jīng)常吃野菜度日。仲由覺得自己吃野菜沒關(guān)系，但怕父母營養(yǎng)不夠，身體不好，很是擔(dān)心，故而從百里之外負(fù)米奉養(yǎng)父母。父母去世后，子路感嘆百里負(fù)米的機(jī)會都沒有了。

這個故事告誡我們能孝敬父母、孝養(yǎng)父母的時間是一日一日地遞減。如果不能及時行孝，會徒留終身的遺憾。如果沒有辦法把握與父母相聚的時間來孝養(yǎng)他們，等到你想要來報答感恩的時候，為時已晚。但愿我們在父母健在的時候，孝養(yǎng)要及時，不要等到追悔莫及的時候，才思親、痛親之不在。

Zhong You， with the alias of Zilu or Jilu， was a man in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a favorite disciple of Confucius. He possessed frank and courageous characters， and was very filial.

仲由，字子路、季路，春秋時期魯國人，孔子的得意弟子，性格直率勇敢，十分孝順。

At an early age， as his family was poor， he often took wild vegetables as food， but still he carried sacks of rice for more than a hundred li to raise his parents.

早年家中貧窮，他自己常常采野菜吃，卻從百里之外負(fù)米回家侍奉雙親。

After his parents died， he became a high-ranking official， and then was dispatched to the State of Chu， followed by a hundred chariots and with 10，000 zhong （ancient unit of capacity） of grain in store.

父母死后，他做了大官，奉命到楚國去，隨從的車馬有百乘之眾，所積的糧食有萬鐘之多。

Sat upon many layers of brocade mattress and enjoyed sumptuous feast before rows of tripods of food， he often missed his parents and sighed “Even if I am willing to go back to the times when I ate wild vegetables and carried rice for more than a hundred li to raise my parents， how could that be possible？”

坐在壘疊的錦褥上，吃著豐盛的筵席，他常常懷念雙親，慨嘆說：“即使我想吃野菜，為父母百里負(fù)米，哪能有多大的可能性呢？”

Confucius praised： “You took care of your parents， which can be commented as doing ones best during parents lifetime and missing parents after they depart out of this world！” （Zhi Si of Confucius Family Instructions）.

孔子贊揚(yáng)說：“你侍奉父母，可以說是生時盡力，死后思念哪！”（《孔子家語·致思》）