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Excerpts of famous sayings about filial piety and respect for the elderly

The excerpts of famous sayings about filial piety and respect for the elderly are introduced below:

1. Be careful, don’t get tired of serving you day and night. It means: parents should be carefully supported when going in and out (door), and don’t get tired of serving them in the morning and evening. From "Encouragement to Repay Parents' Favors".

2. If you are filial to your parents, you will be a good son; if you are filial to your mother-in-law, you will be filial and virtuous. It means: being filial to your parents means you are a good son, being filial to your father-in-law and mother-in-law will lead to a reputation of being both filial and virtuous. From "Encouragement to Repay Parents' Favors".

3. Disciples will be filial when they enter, and they will be younger when they leave. It means: Young disciples should be filial to their parents when they return home, and they should respect and love their brothers when they go out. From the (Spring and Autumn) "The Analects of Confucius·Learning is the First".

4. Don’t be slow when your parents call you; don’t be lazy when your parents order you. It means: when your parents call you, you should answer it quickly; when your parents give you an order, you should do it quickly. From Li Yuxiu's "Disciple Regulations" (Qing Dynasty).

5. A husband’s filial piety is the scripture of heaven and the righteousness of earth. Meaning: Filial piety is a matter of course. From "The Classic of Filial Piety".

6. Don’t be slow to answer the call, be sincere and cheerful. It means: When your parents call you, you should answer immediately, don't neglect it, be sincere and with a smile on your face. From "Encouragement to Repay Parents' Favors".

7. Good food should be used by parents first, and good clothes should be worn by parents first. It means: Give your parents good food first, and give your parents good clothes first. From "Encouragement to Repay Parents' Favors".

8. A poor family knows a filial son, and a country in chaos knows a loyal minister. It means: Only when the family is poor can a true filial son be discovered; only when the country is in danger can a true loyal minister be identified. From "Collection of Famous Sages".

9. Those who are arrogant to their relatives are those who disrespect their relatives. Meaning: People who don’t respect other people’s parents will definitely not respect their own parents. From "Three Kingdoms·Book of Wei".

10. Mencius said: "If you don't have relatives, you can't be a human being; if you don't have relatives, you can't be a son." Mencius said: "(In Shun's eyes) the relationship between a son and his parents is good. If you are not well-behaved, you cannot be a good person; if a son cannot obey his parents in everything, he cannot be a son." From "Mencius Li Lou Shang" (Chun Qiu).