To demonstrate profound filial piety by ensuring parents' comfort and well-being, traditionally by fanning their pillow or mat to cool it in summer and warming their bed or quilt in winter.
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Ancient
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Huang Xiang was a renowned filial son in ancient China. His mother passed away early, but he was well-versed in etiquette and highly sensible.
During the scorching summer, he would fan his father's sleeping mat to cool it before his father went to bed. In winter, he would first get into the bed to warm the quilt with his own body for his father.
Later, when he served as the Prefect of Wei Commandery and a severe flood struck the area, he used his personal salary and family assets to relieve the suffering of the disaster victims.
People praised him, saying, 'Unrivaled in the world, Huang Xiang of Jiangxia!'