Confucius’ famous sayings about family love are as follows:

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

2. Be grateful to your parents, a filial son will not flatter his relatives, a loyal minister will not flatter his king, and this is the prosperity of his ministers.

3. There are three kinds 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.

4. A filial son should not let his relatives have a cold heart, a troubled heart, a fearful heart, a melancholy heart, a hard-to-speak heart, or a heart of shame and hatred.

Character profile:

Confucius (551 BC - April 11, 479 BC), whose surname was Kong, whose given name was Qiu, and whose courtesy name was Zhongni, was a leader of the state of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was born in Qufu City, Shandong Province today, and his ancestral home is Liyi (now Xiayi County, Henan Province) of the Song Dynasty. His father is Liang He, his mother is Yan. Ancient Chinese thinker, politician, educator, and founder of Confucianism.

Confucius lost his father when he was three years old, and his family fell into decline. In his early years, he worked as a minor official in charge of granaries and herding. He was "little fond of etiquette" and had been familiar with traditional etiquette since childhood. As a young man, he was famous in Lu for his extensive knowledge of etiquette and music. He engaged in the profession of Confucianism and made a living by performing funeral rituals. In his middle age, he gathers his disciples to give lectures and engage in educational activities. At the age of fifty, he once served as the military commander of the Lu State, serving as the prime minister and actively promoting his own political ideas.

Main influence:

Confucius constructed a complete ideological system of "morality": advocating the virtues and virtues of "benevolence and propriety" at the individual level. The ideological system of morality and Tao is based on the theory of human nature and goodness, "one yin and one yang are called Tao, which is followed by goodness, and which is achieved by nature". It is based on the ultimate goal of establishing a human being, and believes that the way of humanity is connected with the way of heaven and earth, and the way of humanity is the mean. In due course, it turned into a complete ideological system of methodology.

Confucius founded a moral theory centered on benevolence. He himself was also a very kind person, compassionate, helpful, sincere and generous to others. "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you", "The beauty of a gentleman is the evil of being a gentleman", "Be kind to yourself and blame others less", etc., are all his principles of life.

Historical evaluation:

Sima Qian, a historian and writer of the Han Dynasty, said in a poem: "The mountains stand tall and the scenery stops." Although I can't reach it, I yearn for it. I read Kong's books and wanted to see him as a person. In Shilu, I watched Zhongni's temple, carriages, clothes, and rituals, and all the students used to practice etiquette in their homes. I only stayed back and could not go away.