The nurturing of a filial son is to be happy with one's heart and not against one's ambitions. ——"Book of Rites"

There are three types of filial piety: the first is to respect relatives, the second is not to be humiliated, and the second is to be able to support. ——"Book of Rites"

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

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

What parents love is also loved. Respect what your parents respect. ——Confucius

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

"When I am old, I am in harmony with the old of others; when I am young, I am in harmony with the young of others." The world can be transported in the palm of your hand. ——Mencius

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

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

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

What is the most important thing in matters? The most important thing is to do things personally. What is the most important thing in protecting yourself? To protect oneself is the most important thing. 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. Who is not doing things? Serving relatives is the foundation of things; who is not doing things? Guarding oneself is the foundation of keeping things. ——Mencius

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

If you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a person; if you don’t have relatives, you can’t be a son. ——Mencius

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

There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world, four of which are laziness and neglect of parents' support. The third kind of unfilial piety is to ignore the support of one's parents; the fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents according to the desires of one's ears and eyes; the fifth kind of unfilial piety is to be brave and aggressive and endanger one's parents. ——Mencius

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

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"

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

Those who care for their relatives should not choose the right place to live in peace, which is the utmost filial piety. ——Zhuangzi