中国寓言故事：仲由百里负米

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仲由百里负米的故事说的是孔子的弟子子路，他非常孝敬父母。因为从小家境贫寒，他为人非常节俭，经常吃野菜度日。仲由觉得自己吃野菜没关系，但怕父母营养不够，身体不好，很是担心，故而从百里之外负米奉养父母。父母去世后，子路感叹百里负米的机会都没有了。

这个故事告诫我们能孝敬父母、孝养父母的时间是一日一日地递减。如果不能及时行孝，会徒留终身的遗憾。如果没有办法把握与父母相聚的时间来孝养他们，等到你想要来报答感恩的时候，为时已晚。但愿我们在父母健在的时候，孝养要及时，不要等到追悔莫及的时候，才思亲、痛亲之不在。

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，春秋时期鲁国人，孔子的得意弟子，性格直率勇敢，十分孝顺。

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.

早年家中贫穷，他自己常常采野菜吃，却从百里之外负米回家侍奉双亲。

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，奉命到楚国去，随从的车马有百乘之众，所积的粮食有万钟之多。

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？”

坐在垒叠的锦褥上，吃着丰盛的筵席，他常常怀念双亲，慨叹说：“即使我想吃野菜，为父母百里负米，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）.

孔子赞扬说：“你侍奉父母，可以说是生时尽力，死后思念哪！”（《孔子家语·致思》）