This story names 陆绩怀橘遗亲: Lu Ji Carried the Oranges for His Mother.
Lu Ji was from Wu County (in today’s Suzhou), lived in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). When he was 6 years old, he followed his father to visit Yuan Shu who was a general in Jiujiang ( in Today’s Jiangxi Province), Yuan Shu treated them with oranges, Lu Ji carried two oranges into his bosom. When he would go back with making a profound curtsey, the two oranges slid down the floor. Yuan Shu laughed at him: You came to my home to see me, would you still carry the host’s oranges? Lu Ji answered: My mother enjoyed eating orange, I wanted to carry them and to send her to taste.
Yuan Shao was quite surprised when he found that Luji had known how to filial to his mother at so young age.
Lu Ji he was erudite and talent when he grew up, he was familiar with astronomy, calendar calculation, and he make Hui Tian Tu -- Sky Map, made note on Yi Jing – Book of Changes, and wrote Tai Xuan Jing Zhu – Made Comments for Tai Xuan Jing.
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