The nurturing of a filial son means that one is happy with one's heart and does not violate one's aspirations.

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"Book of Rites"

There are three kinds of filial piety: the first is respecting relatives, the second is not humiliating, and the second is being able to support.

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"Book of Rites"

It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear.

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"The Analects of Confucius"

Meng Wubo asked about filial piety, and Confucius said:

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Parents only care about their parents.

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"The Analects of Confucius

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For the Government"

Parents. Love what you love, respect what your parents respect.

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Confucius

The elders and the younger are orderly.

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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.

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Mencius

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

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Mencius

Only being filial to your parents can relieve worries.

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Mencius

Father and son have kinship, monarch and ministers have righteousness, husband and wife have distinctions, elders and children have relationships, and friends have trust.

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Mencius

Which one 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.

I have not heard of them.

Who is doing nothing? Serving relatives is the foundation of everything;

Who doesn’t do it? Guarding yourself is the foundation of guarding oneself.

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Mencius

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

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Mencius

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.

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Mencius

A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the ruler 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 bowing down to others is the second kind of happiness; getting the world's talents and educating them is the third kind of happiness. A gentleman has three kinds of happiness, but the king of the world does not share them.

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Mencius

There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world,

the four are lazy,

ignore

One is unfilial to support one's parents;

Enjoy gambling and drink alcohol,

ignoring the support of one's parents

The other is unfilial; good The third kind of unfilial piety is to have money and wealth, to have a private wife, and to ignore the support of parents. The fourth kind of unfilial piety is to kill one's parents based on 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.

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Mencius

He who has no father and no king is just a beast.

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Mencius

The virtuous and the unworthy cannot be separated. If fate cannot be changed, if good and evil cannot be moved.

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"Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

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

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Zhuangzi

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

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Zhuang