Famous aphorisms about filial piety and respect for elders include:

1. Filial piety is the first of all good deeds and the source of all evils. If benevolence and filial piety are always present, then no one in the world can bear to do anything that is not allowed. , so filial piety is the first of all actions; if you have evil thoughts and lust, it will be easy to do anything you don't want to do in your life, so lust is the first of all evils. ——Wang Yongbin

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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

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

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

10. There are three types of filial piety: first, respecting relatives, secondly, not being humiliated, and secondly, being able to support.

——"Book of Rites"