Filial piety
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Filial piety is the virtue of exhibiting love and respect for one's parents, elders, and ancestors within the context of Confucian, Chinese Buddhist, and Daoist ethics. The Confucian Classic of Filial
Scene from Illustrations of the Classic of Filial Piety (detail), depicting a son kneeling before his parents
Illustrations of the Ladies' Classic of Filial Piety (detail), Song dynasty, depicting the section "Serving One's Parents-in-Law"
Koteiken, one of The Twenty-four Cases of Filial Piety, depicted emptying a chamber pot for his mother. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1848.
A memorial stone at a Korean elementary school, with the inscription "filial piety"
Confucius
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Confucius, born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere
Filial piety
…States-Qin-Han period, has historically been the authoritative source on the Confucian tenet of filial piety. The book—a purported dialogue between Confucius and his student Zengzi—is about how to set up a good society using the principle of filial piety. Filial piety is central to Confucian role ethics. In…
Fresco of Confucius from the Han Dynasty
Tomb of Confucius in Kong Lin cemetery, Qufu, Shandong
The Analects
The Shijing or Classic of Poetry