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Filial Piety

posted by Sean Wangon 4:28 AM

In Confucian ideals, filial piety is a virtue of respect for one's parents and ancestors. According to the Classic of Filial Piety, Confucius once said: "In serving his parents, a filial son reveres them in daily life; he makes them happy while he nourishes them; he takes anxious care of them in sickness; he shows great sorrow over their death; and he sacrifices to them with solemnity. For Confucius, filial piety was not merely blind loyalty to one's parents. More important than the norms of xiào were the norms of benevolence and righteousness. For Confucius and Mencius, Xiao was a display of rén, which was ideally applied in one's dealings with all elders, thus making it a general norm of intergenerational relations. In reality, however, xiàowas usually reserved for one's [.....]

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