Tradition of the Mangyongdae Family 

  Entering his native home, President Kim Il Sung felt quite excited inwardly.
As he caught sight of the familiar eaves of his old home, he had hallucinations that his father and mother, who had used to sing lullaby to him and breathe upon his frozen hands, revived in old images and were running towards him and embracing him in their broad arms. He could not step inside easily.
His grandfather came out into the courtyard barefoot and hugged him. “My eldest grandson has come home. ... Let me look! ... Let me look. ...” He kept repeating these words in tears.
His grandmother, too, burst into tears, saying, “Why have you come alone? Where have you left your father and mother?”
Kim Il Sung said that he was so sorry that he had neglected his filial duty for his grandparents, when his grandfather replied, “Not at all. You accomplished the cause of independence which your father left unfinished. Nothing could be a greater filial service than that. If you take good care of the country and people, you will be fulfilling your duty to your parents.”
To take good care of the country and people—this was the tradition of the Mangyongdae family and their motto.