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《老莱子戏彩娱亲》讲述的是老莱子奉养双亲的孝行。作为孝子的老莱子，其孝亲故事很早就在民间广为流传。该故事主旨很明确，就是千方百计让高寿的父母享受到生活的愉悦，使得父母常驻年轻之心，常葆青春之态。

Lao Laizi was an anchorite in Spring and Autumn Period. He did farming at the south side of Meng Mountain to avoid the chaos in that period.

老莱子，春秋时期楚国隐士，为躲避世乱，自耕于蒙山南麓。

He held great filiality to his parents. He fed the parents with the most delicious food； entertained them with drum-shaped rattle playing when he was in his 70s， wearing colored clothes just like a child.

他孝顺父母。尽拣美味供奉双亲，70岁尚不言老，常穿着五色彩衣，手持拨浪鼓如小孩子般戏耍，以博父母开怀。

Once， when he was on his way to bring water to his parents， he tumbled. He thought the parents might be worried about him， he just cried on the floor like a child， which made the parents laughed.

一次他为双亲送水，进屋时跌了一跤。他怕父母伤心，索性躺在地上学小孩子哭，以博得二老大笑。