Song of China

A successful businessman Zheng Junli returns to his family home to be with his dying father. On his deathbed, the father imparts final wisdom, urging him to extend the love and devotion he shows to his family toward serving the greater good of society. The moment marks a shift from personal wealth to social responsibility.

Inspired by his father's teaching, the businessman resolves to use wealth and position to help others, especially the poor and disadvantaged. The father frames philanthropy as a continuation of family duty and filial piety, not mere charity. This conviction becomes the motive force for what's to come.

Following the father's call, the businessman relocates his extended family from the city to a rural community. He envisions a living example of Confucian values and a better life through closer family ties. The move signals a break with urban convenience in favor of communal responsibility.

In the countryside, he establishes a school for impoverished children who cannot afford education. The project aims to open doors to knowledge and future opportunity that the city had denied them. It becomes a cornerstone of the new community.

Alongside the school, a sanctuary for elderly people with no family is created to provide care, shelter, and companionship. The sanctuary embodies filial piety in action and preserves family responsibility as a public service. It reinforces the household-to-society loop at the heart of the plan.

The adult children, accustomed to city pleasures, resist the dramatic change. They find rural life boring and restrictive and push back against the new teachings. Their rebellion highlights the tension between tradition and modernity in the family.

Unable to embrace the new values, the children abandon the countryside and return to the city. They leave behind the school and sanctuary as sacrifices to their own desires for urban entertainment. The father remains steadfast in his mission despite their departure.

Undeterred, the businessman continues his philanthropic work, maintaining the school and sanctuary. He keeps faith with his father's wishes and the community's needs, even as his children are away. The rural project begins to mature through persistence and care.

Eventually, the wayward children return home, having gained experience in the city. They arrive back hopeful but changed, aware of the complexities of modern life. The father welcomes them with patience, ready to guide them again.

The father offers the same counsel his own father had given him, hoping his children will embrace the Confucian ideals of duty, compassion, and service. The cycle of wisdom spans generations, linking father, sons, and grandchildren. The lesson emphasizes family duty as a pathway to social good.

The grandchildren show greater receptiveness to traditional teachings, signaling a hopeful continuation of the values. Their openness suggests that virtuous guidance can endure beyond the present generation. The film closes on a note of generational transmission and continuity.