东晋荆州刺史、征西大将军陶侃,一生勤慎吏职,廉洁自持,功高德劭,被时人比称诸葛亮。他之所以能如此,是与其母志洁行廉的德教分不开的。陶侃年轻时,曾出任渔梁吏(管理鱼场的小官)。他为了表示对母亲的孝敬之心,便从鱼场装了一坛子咸鱼,派人送给家中的母亲。陶母收到鱼后,不仅不赞赏儿子的孝敬之意,心中反倒惴惴不安起来。她想:儿子刚掌管了这么一 Jingzhou governor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zheng West general Tao Kan, life diligent officials, clean and self-sustaining, high morality, by the time people Zhuge Liang. The reason why he can do this is inseparable from the moral education which is practiced by his mother. Tao Kan was young, had served as Liangliang Li (management of small fish farm). In order to express his honor to his mother, he installed a jar of salted fish from the fish farm and sent his mother to his home. After Tao Mu received the fish, not only did not appreciate the honor of his son’s intention, but upset uneasy. She thought: My son has just run over this one