1. The prodigal son does not feel cold when the loving mother is in front of you.
Source: "Song of Encouraging Filial Piety"
Vernacular translation: With a loving mother at home, a wandering son will not worry about winter clothes.
2. A thousand loves, a thousand kindnesses, a hundred hardships, but who knows my parents who love me?
Source: "Children's Talk"
Vernacular translation: Experienced all kinds of love I hate being separated, only to realize that the only people who love me most are my parents.
3. Only being filial to your parents can relieve worries.
Source: Mencius
Vernacular translation: Only by being filial to your parents can you relieve sorrow.
4. Parents are the foundation of human beings.
Source: Sima Qian
Vernacular translation: Parents give us life and are the foundation of human beings.
5. Confucius said: "Today's filial piety means to be able to raise people. As for dogs and horses, they can be raised. How can we be different if we don't respect them?"
Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Wei" "Political Second"
Vernacular translation: Today's so-called filial piety simply means that it is enough to be able to support your parents. However, even dogs and horses can be raised. If you don't have the intention to honor your parents, what's the difference between supporting your parents and raising dogs and horses?
6. What my parents want to do, I will continue to describe; what my parents think about, I will be affectionate to.
Source: Proverb Lian Bi
Vernacular translation: I want to inherit what my parents wished for during their lifetime; I want to treat those whom my parents cherished.