A Biblical Injunction

Leviticus 22:28 

“But you shall not slaughter, from the herd or the flock, an animal with its young on the same day.”

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 91

     When he was about fifteen, Cao Rui, who was an expert archer and a daring rider, accompanied his father to the hunt. In a gully they started [startled?] a doe and its fawn. [Emperor] Cao Pi shot the doe, while the fawn fled. Seeing that the fawn’s course led past his son’s horse, Cao Pi called out to him to shoot it. Instead the youth bursts into tears. 

     “Your Majesty has slain the mother. How can one kill the child as well?” 

    The words struck the Emperor with remorse. He threw aside his bow, saying, “My son, you would make a benevolent and virtuous ruler.” 

     From this circumstance Cao Pi decided that Cao Rui should succeed, and conferred upon him the princedom of Pingyuan.

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘A Biblical Injunction,’ New Reform Club (Apr. 18, 2023, 12:03 PM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-biblical-injunction.html>;