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1. Whoever cares about an inch of grass will reap three rays of spring. ——Meng Jiao

2. Honoring parents can often replace the noblest feelings. ——Meng Ke

3. Mother is the only force that can make death surrender. ——Gorky

4. All the glory and pride in the world come from the mother. ——Gorky

5. Mother’s love is better than all love. ——Shakespeare

6. To raise a filial son is to be happy with his heart and not against his ambition. ——"Book of Rites"

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

8. It is important to know the age of your parents. One is for joy, the other is for fear. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

9. When Meng Wubo asked about filial piety, Confucius said: "My parents are only worried about their illness." ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng"

10. What parents love I also love it, and I respect it as much as my parents respect it. ——Confucius

11. The elders and the younger are in order. ——Mencius

12. Old people, I am old, and people are old; young people, I am young, and people are young. ——Mencius

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

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

15. 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

16. Which thing 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

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

18. 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

19. A gentleman has three pleasures, 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

20. There are five so-called unfilial persons in the world. Four of them are laziness. The first is unfilial. They ignore the support of their parents. A wife who neglects the support of her parents is the third unfilial piety; the desire of her ears and eyes to kill her parents is the fourth unfilial piety; the wife who is brave and aggressive and endangers her parents is the fifth unfilial piety. ——Mencius

21. Only being filial to your parents can relieve worries.

——Mencius