Once upon a time, there was a boy named Wang Xiang. He was extremely filial. His mother was seriously ill and very weak. At that time, the doctor said that if she could drink fresh carp soup, her condition might improve. However, it was a cold winter, and the river was covered with thick ice. It was no easy feat to get a carp.
Wang Xiang didn't give up. He came to the river. Looking at the freezing river surface, he had only one thought in his mind, that was, he must find a carp for his mother. He walked back and forth along the river, thinking about what to do. At first, he wanted to break the ice with tools, but the ice was too thick. He exerted a great deal of effort but could only make a little mark.
Finally, Wang Xiang made an astonishing decision. He unbuttoned his clothes and lay on the ice. He wanted to melt the ice with his body temperature so that he could catch the carp. The cold ice stung his skin painfully, and his body kept trembling, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.
Perhaps his filial piety moved the heavens. Gradually, the ice began to crack, and two carps jumped out from the ice cracks. Wang Xiang was overjoyed. He quickly caught the carps and carefully walked home with them.
When he got home, Wang Xiang immediately cooked the carps into soup. He carried the steaming fish soup to his mother's bedside, gently woke her up, and then fed her the fish soup spoon by spoon. After drinking the fish soup, his mother gradually recovered. Wang Xiang's filial story has been passed down until now and has become a model of filial piety in Chinese traditional culture.
