"all the virtues's filial piety is the first, all evils and lewdness are the source, and filial piety is always preserved, so anyone who can't do anything in the world can't bear to do it, so filial piety ranks first among the hundred lines; It is not difficult to do evil thoughts together, so it is the first of all evils. "
filial piety is the most important thing. -Mencius.
the virtuous and the unworthy cannot be separated, if life is hard, if beauty and evil cannot be moved. -Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals.
dutiful sons don't flatter their relatives, loyal ministers don't flatter their princes, and courtiers flourish. -Zhuangzi.