1. The nurturing of a filial son means being happy with one’s heart and not violating one’s aspirations. ——"Book of Rites"

2. There are three types of filial piety: first, respecting relatives, secondly, not being humiliated, and secondly, being able to support. ——"Book of Rites"

3. It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

4. When Meng Wubo asked about filial piety, Confucius said: "My parents are only worried about their illness." ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng"

5. What parents love I also love it, and I respect it as much as my parents respect it. ——Confucius

6. The elders and the younger are in order. ——Mencius

7. Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young. The world can be transported in the palm of your hand. ——Mencius

8. The most important thing for a filial son is to respect his relatives. ——Mencius

9. Only being filial to your parents can relieve worries. ——Mencius

10. Father and son are related, monarch and ministers are righteous, husband and wife are different, elders and children are related, and friends are trustworthy. ——Mencius

11. Which thing is greater? It is the greatest thing to do things closely; to protect oneself, which one is greater? Keep your body intact. I have heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies; I have not heard of those who can serve their relatives without losing their bodies. What's wrong? Serving relatives is the foundation of everything; who doesn't keep it? Keeping oneself is the foundation of keeping oneself. ——Mencius

12. The true form of benevolence is to serve relatives; the true form of righteousness is to obey elder brothers. ——Mencius

13. If you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t get closeness, you can’t be a son. ——Mencius

14. A gentleman has three pleasures, but the king of the world does not share them. Having both parents and having brothers without any reason is one happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third happiness. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them. ——Mencius

15. There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world, four of which are laziness and neglect of parents' support. A wife who neglects the support of her parents is the third unfilial piety; the desire of her ears and eyes to kill her parents is the fourth unfilial piety; the wife who is brave and aggressive and endangers her parents is the fifth unfilial piety. ——Mencius

16. Without a father and a king, he is just a beast. ——Mencius

17. The virtuous and the unworthy cannot be separated. If fate cannot be changed, if good and evil cannot be moved. ——"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals"

18. A filial son does not flatter his relatives, and a loyal minister does not flatter his emperor. This is the prosperity of ministers. ——Zhuangzi

19. For those who care for their relatives, they should make peace with them regardless of the location, which is the utmost filial piety. ——Zhuangzi

20. Ritual, long and short, has more than enough damage but not enough benefit. It expresses love and respect and cultivates the beauty of righteousness. ——Xunzi

21. The nature of heaven and earth is that human beings are noble; no human behavior is greater than filial piety, and no filial piety is greater than a strict father. ——"The Book of Filial Piety·Shengzhi Chapter"

22. Parents are the foundation of human beings. ——Sima Qian

23. Treating relatives with respect is more beautiful than three animals. ——Zhi Yu

24. If father and son do not believe, then the family will not be harmonious. ——Wu Zetian

25. Whoever says nothing will be rewarded with three rays of spring. ——Meng Jiao

26. Those who live in harmony will have a prosperous family. ——Lin Bu

27. Everyone has a heart of kindness and filial piety. ——Su Che

28. Elders stand, children should not sit. Elders sit, and their destiny is to sit. In front of elders, one should keep one's voice low, but it is not appropriate to not listen. If you advance, you must move forward, but if you retreat, you must be late. When asked, don’t look away. ——Li Yuxiu

29. All parents love their children. ——Chen Hongmou

30. When serving your elders, your voice is easy to be solemn. Do not shout loudly for trivial matters. ——Zhou Bingqing

31. When an elder asks, do not deceive; when an elder orders, do not be late; when an elder gives a gift, do not dare to refuse. ——Zhou Bingqing

32. He who attaches great importance to property but neglects his parents is not a good son. ——Zhu Bailu

33. Losing a loving mother is like a flower in a vase. Although it still has color and fragrance, it has lost its root. ——Lao She

34. Nothing can replace a mother. ——Ba Jin

35. The elderly are like history and drama, which can be used as a reference for our lives. ——(Ancient Rome) Cicero

36. Start, child, start getting to know your mother with a smile! ——(Ancient Rome) Virgil

37. Goodwill produces happiness, and civilization brings harmony. ——(France) Hugo

38. If a person makes his mother sad, no matter how prominent his status is or how famous he is, he is a despicable person. ——(Italy) Amici

39. Being respected in old age is the first privilege that appears in human society. ——(Far) Lafargue

40. We should be considerate of the elderly as we would treat children. ——(Germany) Goethe

41. Mother is the only force that can make death surrender. ——(Former Soviet Union) Gorky

42. All the glory and pride in the world come from the mother. ——(Former Soviet Union) Gorky

43. The death of an old man is equivalent to the collapse of a museum. ——(Former Soviet Union) Gorky

44. Respect for the elderly is the most beautiful privilege of the human spirit. ——(France) Stendhal

45. Old age, like a nightingale, should have its nocturne.

——(Germany) Kant

46. All outstanding extraordinary people have outstanding mothers. In their later years, they respect their mothers very much and regard them as their best friends.

——(UK) Dickens