The author accuses the feudal filial piety of being "more harmful than a scourge, very broad and lasting, which can turn all China into a beard and all children will die in his stomach". Next, the author will compare and evoke memories of his childhood books, focusing on the filial piety stories such as Crouching on the Ice for Carp, Burying Guo Ju's Children, and Lao Lai's Entertainment, and revealing the following.
In fact, the story of the dutiful son in Twenty-four Filial Pieties should be very touching. It is a pity that generations of people have covered it with silk and cosmetics, smearing the touching truth into a disgusting sitcom. Just like a woman, no matter how beautiful, wearing too much powder on her face will only make people feel sick.
Those perfect gods who have been painstakingly "decorated" and worshipped and admired cannot touch people's hearts. What really touches us ordinary people who are struggling between daily necessities and daily necessities are always those ordinary heroes, those who used to be cowardly, selfish and hesitant, but finally chose brave, persistent and determined people.