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

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

Love what your parents love, and respect what your parents respect. ——Confucius

The old and the young are in order. ——Mencius

When I am old, I am in harmony with others; when I am young, I am in harmony with 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 children are related, and friends are trustworthy. ——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. What's wrong? Serving relatives is the foundation of everything; who doesn't keep it? Keeping oneself is the foundation of keeping oneself. ——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 get closeness, you can’t be a human being; if you don’t get closeness, 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 having brothers without any reason is one happiness; looking up to Heaven and not being ashamed of others is the second happiness; being able to educate the talented people from all over the world is the third 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

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

The virtuous and the unworthy cannot be separated. If fate cannot be changed, if good and evil cannot be moved. ——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu"

A filial son does not flatter his relatives, and a loyal minister does not flatter his king. 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